Leishmaniasis in Germany;Originalarbeit: Nach Deutschland importierte leishmaniosen

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 104, Issue 45, 2007, Pages 3108-3113

  Harms Zwingenberger, Gundel ^a   Bienzle, Ulrich ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Immunocompetence; Imported; Leishmania PCR; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 36348977418     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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