Cutaneous leishmaniasis: A 46-year study of the epidemiology and clinical features in Saudi Arabia (1956-2002)

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 244-250

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a   Abukhamsin, Abbas ^b  

^a Rm A 420 Bldg 61 Dhahran Hlth C   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leishmania; Sandfly; Saudi Arabia; Viscerotropic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FACE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHODIDAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 3242688191     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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