Cutaneous leishmaniasis associated with extensive lymphadenopathy during an epidemic in Ceará State, northeast Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-310

  Harms, Gundel ^a   Fraga, Francisco ^b   Batroff, Björn ^a   Oliveira, Fabíola ^c   Feldmeier, Hermann ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Hospital Padre Quiliano   (Brazil)

^c Fundacao Mandacaru   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Lymphadenopathy; Northeast Brazil

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BRAZIL; CEARA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

EID: 14844292592     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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