Prevalence of undetected tinea capitis in a school survey in Spain

Mycoses

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 131-137

  Cuetara, M S ^a   Del Palacio, Amalia ^a   Pereiro, M ^b   Amor, E ^a   Alvarez, C ^a   Noriega, A R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carriers; Epidemiology; Microsporum; School children; Spain; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSPORUM; MYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SPAIN; TINEA; TINEA CAPITIS;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIS; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 0030668920     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00202.x     Document Type: Article

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