Cutaneous leishmaniasis in expatriates in northern Saudi Arabia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 249-251

  Kubeyinje, E P ^a   Belagavi, C S ^a   Jamil, Y A ^b  

^a Arar Central Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Primary Health Care Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CHILD; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA; SCAR FORMATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS; TRAVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 0030776441     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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