Visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 145-149

  Da Silva, Eduardo Sérgio ^a,b,d   Pacheco, Raquel Silva ^a   Gontijo, Célia Maria Ferreira ^a   Carvalho, Inácio Roberto ^c   Brazil, Reginaldo Peçanha ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO HOSPITALAR DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d FHEMIG ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; PCR; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS;

EID: 0036561053     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652002000300006     Document Type: Article

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