Twenty years of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Aleppo, Syria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 657-659

  Tayeh, Ahmed ^a   Jalouk, Lama ^b   Cairncross, Sandy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Leishmaniasis Eradication Centre   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aleppo; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Incidence; Leishmania tropica; Leishmaniasis; Phlebotomus sergenti; Syria

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031460096     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90509-5     Document Type: Article

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