Cutaneous leishmaniasis: An emerging epidemic focus of Leishmania tropica in north Morocco

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 660-663

  Guessous Idrissi, N ^a   Chiheb, S ^a   Hamdani, A ^a   Riyad, M ^a   Bichichi, M ^a   Hamdani, S ^b   Krimech, A ^b  

^a IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b Ministry of Health Morocco   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania tropica; Leishmaniasis; Morocco

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031461556     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90511-3     Document Type: Article

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