Reservoir hosts of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-277

  Saliba, Elias K ^a   Oumeish, Oumeish Y ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; GERBIL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYRAX; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032704925     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(99)00045-0     Document Type: Review

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