Leishmania species and zymodemes isolated from endemic areas of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Jordan

Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Nimri, Laila ^a   Soubani, Radwan ^b   Gramiccia, Marina ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Health Laboratory   (Jordan)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME ISOLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; JORDAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE ISOLATION; SEX RATIO; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0042702521     PISSN: 14759292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9292-1-7     Document Type: Article

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