Leishmania donovani and cutaneous leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 476-478

  Siriwardana, H V Yamuna D ^a,b   Noyes, Harry A ^c   Beeching, Nicholas J ^a   Chance, Michael L ^a   Karunaweera, Nadira D ^b   Bates, Paul A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; MILTEFOSINE;

ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SEROLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SRI LANKA; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 33847349893     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1303.060242     Document Type: Article

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