Human African trypanosomiasis in south-eastern Uganda: Clinical diversity and isoenzyme profiles

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 851-856

  Smith, D H ^a   Bailey, J W ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; SYPHILIS; TRYPANOSOMA; UGANDA;

TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0030671339     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813211     Document Type: Article

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