HIV and the transmission of Leishmania

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Molina, R ^a   Gradoni, L ^b   Alvar, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; MODEL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHODIDAE; XENODIAGNOSIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0344394925     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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