Visceral leishmaniasis in a German child who had never entered a known endemic area: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 302-306

  Bogdan, Christian ^a   Schönian, Gabriele ^b   Bañuls, Anne Laure ^d   Hide, Mallorie ^d   Pratlong, Francine ^e   Lorenz, Elke ^a   Röllinghoff, Martin ^a   Mertens, Rolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Centre National de Référence des Leishmanioses   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MACROPHAGES; MALE;

EID: 0035245332     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318476     Document Type: Article

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