The aetiological agents of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the municipality of Monte Negro, Rondônia state, western Amazonia, Brazil

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 681-688

  Shaw, J J ^a   De Faria, D L ^b   Basano, S A ^a   Corbett, C E ^a   Rodrigues, C J ^a   Ishikawa, E A ^b   Camargo, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIA LAINSONI; VIANNIA;

EID: 36849001233     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X229103     Document Type: Article

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