Visceral leishmaniasis in a soldier returning from operation enduring freedom

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 699-701

  Halsey, Eric S ^a   Michelle Bryce, L ^b   Wortmann, Glenn W ^c   Weina, Peter J ^d   Ryan, Jeffrey R ^d   DeWitt, Caroline C ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US Air Force 28th Medical Group   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SEROLOGY; SOLDIER; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AFGHANISTAN; BLOOD; DESERT CLIMATE; MILITARY MEDICINE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; DESERT CLIMATE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444405293     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.9.699     Document Type: Article

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