Serodiagnosis and epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Turkey

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-369

  Ozensoy, Seray ^a   Ozbel, Yusuf ^a   Turgay, Nevin ^a   Alkan, M Ziya ^a   Gul, Kadri ^b   Gilman Sachs, A ^c   Chang, K P ^c   Reed, Steven G ^d   Ozcel, M Ali ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Klini i   (Turkey)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0031705413     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.363     Document Type: Article

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