The natural history of Sudanese post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: Clinical, immunological and prognostic features

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 765-772

  Musa, A M ^a   Khalil, E A G ^a   Raheem, M A ^b   Zijlstra, E E ^a,c   Ibrahim, M E ^a   Elhassan, I M ^a   Mukhtar, M M ^a   El Hassan, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b Tabarak Allah Hospital   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS; SUDAN; TIME FACTORS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036976311     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125002211     Document Type: Article

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