Cutaneous scars in American tegumentary leishmaniasis patients: A site of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis persistence and viability eleven years after antimonial therapy and clinical cure

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 824-827

  Schubach, Armando ^a   Marzochi, Mauro C A ^b   Cuzzi Maya, Tullia ^a   Oliveira, Albanita V ^a   Araujo, Marcelo L ^c   Oliveira, Ana L C ^a   Pacheco, Raquel S ^b   Momen, Hooman ^b   Conceicao Silva, Fatima ^b   Coutinho, Sergio G ^b   Marzochi, Keyla B F ^b  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL GERAL DE BONSUCESSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PARASITE ISOLATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN SCAR;

EID: 0031749910     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.824     Document Type: Article

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