Prevalence of tinea capitis in Ethiopian schoolchildren

Mycoses

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-141

  Woldeamanuel, Y ^a   Leekassa, R ^b   Chryssanthou, E ^c   Menghistu, Y ^a   Petrini, Björn ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b All Africa Leprosy Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dermatophytosis; ITS 2 region; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton violaceum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONY FORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 15444375913     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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