Kala-azar in a high transmission focus: An ethnic and geographic dimension

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 941-944

  Ibrahim, M E ^a   Lambson, B ^b   Yousif, A O ^a   Deifalla, N S ^a   Alnaiem, D A ^a   Ismail, A ^a   Yousif, H ^a   Ghalib, H W ^a   Khalil, E A G ^a   Kadaro, A ^a   Barker, D C ^b   El Hassan, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SKIN TEST; SUDAN;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033389690     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.941     Document Type: Article

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