Leishmaniasis among gold miners, French Guiana [6]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1169-1170

  Rotureau, Brice ^a   Joubert, Michel ^b   Clyti, Emmanuel ^b   Djossou, Félix ^b   Carme, Bernard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^c Laboratoire Hospitalo Universitaire de Parasitologie et Mycologie Medicale Cayenne   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRENCH GUIANA; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MINER; PARASITE CULTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 33745961114     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1207.051466     Document Type: Letter

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