Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Members of Leishmania braziliensis Complex in Nayarit, State of Mexico

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-19

  Sanchez Tejeda, Gustavo ^a   Rodríguez, Noris ^b   Parra, Carlos I ^e   Hernandez Montes, Omar ^c   Barker, Douglas C ^d   Monroy Ostria, Amalia ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d MRC Outstation of NIMR Molteno Labs Dept Pathol U   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Mexico; Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; Nayarit

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0042914879     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000100002     Document Type: Article

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