AIDS and Leishmania infantum new approaches for a new epidemiological problem

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 541-546

  Alvar, Jorge ^a   Gutiérrez Solar, Beatriz ^a   Pachón, Isabel ^b   Calbacho, Emilio ^c   Ramírez, Marta ^d   Vallés, Ricardo ^d   Guillén, José Luis ^c   Cañavate, Carmen ^a   Amela, Carmen ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^c Ayuntamiento de Majadahonda   (Spain)

^d Centro de Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 0030248705     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0738-081X(96)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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