Epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-260

  Klaus, Sidney N ^a   Frankenburg, Shoshana ^a   Ingber, Arieh ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0032705244     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(99)00043-7     Document Type: Review

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