Leishmaniasis in Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 872-875

  Harms, Gundel ^a,c   Schönian, Gabriele ^a   Feldmeier, Hermann ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Universidade Nova de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; GAMMA INTERFERON; PAROMOMYCIN; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0038048137     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0907.030023     Document Type: Article

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