An outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis among soldiers in Belém, Pará State, Brazil, caused by Leishmania (Viannia) lindenbergi n. sp. A new leishmanial parasite of man in the Amazon region

Parasite

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-50

  Silveira, F T ^a   Ishikawa, E A Y ^a   De Souza, A A A ^a   Lainson, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania (Viannia) lindenbergi n. sp.; Par State

Indexed keywords

NYSSOMYIA; VIANNIA;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ISOENZYME; MEFLOQUINE; MEGLUMINE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONIATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOLDIER; TREE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; MEGLUMINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PSYCHODIDAE; TREES;

EID: 0036519172     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/200209143     Document Type: Article

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