Leishmania donovani invasion of the blood in a child with dermal leishmaniasis

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-64

  Nuwayri Salti, Nuha ^a   Salman, Salah ^b   Shahin, Nazik Mansour ^b   Malak, Johny ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 0033048686     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724939992653     Document Type: Article

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