A new epidemic focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Iran

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-101

  Yaghoobi Ershadi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Jafari, Reza ^b   Hanafi Bojd, Ahmad Ali ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Institute of Public Health Research   (Iran)

^c Institute of Public Health Research   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Epidemic; Epidemiology; Iran; Leishmania major; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERBIL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RODENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN SCAR; SKIN ULCER; SMEAR; SPECIES; STANDARD; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 1842861849     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.98     Document Type: Article

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