Aetiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Mexico

Acta Tropica

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-161

  Monroy Ostria, Amalia ^a   Hernandez Montes, Omar ^a   Barker, Douglas C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b Molteno Labs   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; L. (L.) chagasi; L. (L.) mexicana; Mexico; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; LEISHMANIASIS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER; MALE; MEXICO; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MEXICO;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS MEXICANA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0034712429     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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