Infectious and tropical diseases in Oman: A review

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 920-925

  Scrimgeour, Euan M ^a   Mehta, Firdosi R ^a   Suleiman, Ali Jaffer Mohammed ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; ECTOPARASITE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELMINTHIASIS; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; INFESTATION; MYCOSIS; MYIASIS; OMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0033366888     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.920     Document Type: Review

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