Sensitivity of leishmanin skin test in patients of acute cutaneous leishmaniasis

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Manzur, A ^a   Ul Bari, Arfan ^a  

^a PAF Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEST; ANIMAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER; VALIDATION STUDY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; LEISHMANIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PAKISTAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33745248044     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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