Visceral Leishmaniosis Caused by Leishmania (L.) mexicana in a Mexican Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 733-737

  Ramos Santos, Carmen ^b   Hernandez Montes, Omar ^a   Sanchez Tejeda, Gustavo ^c   Monroy Ostria, Amalia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Leishmania mexicana; Visceral leishmaniosis; Visceral leishmaniosis human immunodeficiency virus co infection

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MEXICO; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034268051     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762000000500022     Document Type: Article

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