Survey on the epidemiology of Microsporum canis infections in Crete, Greece over a 5-year period

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-24

  Maraki, Sofia ^a,b   Tselentis, Yiannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAT; CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICROSPORUM; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TINEA;

EID: 0034007912     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2000.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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