Haematogenous dissemination of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in human American tegumentary leishmaniasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1112-1117

  Camera, Patricia de Oliveira ^a   Junger, Juliana ^a   Pires, Felipe do Espírito Santo Silva ^a   Mattos, Marise ^b   Oliveira Neto, Manoel Paes ^b   Fernandes, Octavio ^a   Pirmez, Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American tegumentary leishmaniasis; Brazil; Haematogenous dissemination; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Leishmaniasis; Parasite persistence

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE IMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

EID: 33749131064     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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