Human cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in the Sidi Bourouis focus (Northern Tunisia): Epidemiological study and isoenzymatic characterization of the parasites

Acta Tropica

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-86

  Belhadj, S ^a   Pratlong, F ^b   Hammami, M ^c   Kallel, K ^a   Dedet, J P ^b   Chaker, Emma ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Hopital Regional de Sidi Bourouis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania infantum; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TUNISIA;

AGED; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; TUNISIA;

TUNISIA;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 0037214001     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00255-3     Document Type: Article

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