Asymptomatic human carriers of Leishmania chagasi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 334-337

  Costa, Carlos H N ^a   Stewart, Jay M ^a   Gomes, Régis B B ^a   Garcez, Lourdes M ^a   Ramos, Patrícia K S ^a   Bozza, Marcelo ^a   Satoskar, Abhay ^a   Dissanayake, Senarath ^a   Santos, Regina S ^a   Silva, Mauro R B ^a   Shaw, Jeffrey J ^a   David, John R ^a   Maguire, James H ^a  

^a Hosp de Doencas Infecto Contagiosas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLY; HUMAN; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036330298     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.66.334     Document Type: Article

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