First case of indigenous visceral leishmaniasis from central India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-98

  Dey, Ayan ^a   Sharma, Umakant ^a   Singh, Sarman ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIGEN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; KINESIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TANDEM REPEAT; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 34548394344     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.95     Document Type: Article

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