Dermonodular and visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum with a new isoenzyme pattern: Report of a case involving a patient with AIDS

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 376-377

  Scaglia, Massimo ^a   Malfitano, Antonello ^b   Douville, Hélène ^b   Sacchi, Paolo ^b   Gatti, Simonetta ^b   Gradoni, Luigi ^b   Gramiccia, Marina ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0030038376     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.2.376     Document Type: Article

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