Tinea capitis: Epidemiological and ecological aspects of cases observed from 1983 to 2003 in the Botucatu Medical School, state of São Paulo-Brazil;Tinea capitis: Epidemiologia e ecologia dos casos observados entre 1983 e 2003 na Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, estado de São Paulo, Brasil

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 597-602

  Alencar Marques, Silvio ^a   Pires De Camargo, Rosangela Maria ^a   Gonzáles Fares, Aline Helena ^a   Takashi, Renata Mayumi ^a   Ometto Stolf, Hamilton ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Microsporum; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 33846675892     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0365-05962005000700005     Document Type: Article

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