Asymptomatic visceral leishmaniasis, Northern Israel

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 397-398

  Adini, Irit ^a   Ephros, Moshe ^b   Chen, Jacopo ^a   Jaffe, Charles L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; SERUM; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0344406117     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0903.020297     Document Type: Article

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