Localized cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania donovani and Leishmania tropica: Preliminary findings of the study of 161 new cases from a new endemic focus in Himachal Pradesh, India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 819-824

  Sharma, Nand Lal ^a   Mahajan, Vikram K ^a   Kanga, Anil ^a   Sood, Anuradha ^a   Katoch, Vishwa M ^b   Mauricio, Isabel ^c   Singh, Chauhan D ^b   Parwan, Uttam C ^a   Sharma, Vijay K ^a   Sharma, Ramesh C ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 63; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; AMASTIGOTE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSITTACIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 23844527247     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.819     Document Type: Article

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