The identification and variability of the parasites causing leishmaniasis in HIV-positive patients in Italy

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Gramiccia, M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROPHORESIS, STARCH GEL; FRANCE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0345689358     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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