Leishmaniasis in Sudan 1. Cutaneous leishmaniasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL.1, 2001, Pages

  El Hassan, A M ^a   Zijlstra, E E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; History; Leishmania major; Leishmaniasis; Pathology; Phlebotomus papatasi; Sudan; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SUDAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; NITRIC OXIDE; PARASITOLOGY; SUDAN;

EID: 10844230344     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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