Visceral leishmaniasis in North West Saudi Arabia: A new endemic focus of L. donovani or further evidence of a changing pathogenic role for L. tropica?

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 202-205

  Hanly, M G ^a,d   Amaker, B ^a,c   Quereshi, I ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b King Salman Armed Force Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Cytology Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032130154     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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