The endemicity of Leishmania tropica (zymodeme MON-137) in the Eira-Yarqa area of Salt District, Jordan

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 453-459

  Saliba, E K ^a   Saleh, N ^a   Oumeish, O Y ^b   Khoury, S ^a   Bisharat, Z ^b   Al Ouran, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b Jordan Dermatological Society   (Jordan)

^c MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTOR OIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FACE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JORDAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

EIRA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ALEXANDRI; PHLEBOTOMUS JACUSIELI; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA DENTATA;

EID: 0030825736     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813162     Document Type: Article

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