Epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis: 109 cases in a population of 500

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1212-1215

  Anwar, Maqsood ^a   Hussain, M A ^a   Ur Rehman, H ^b   Khan, I ^a   Sheikh, R A ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Islamic International Medical College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 37849038881     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2007.13.5.1212     Document Type: Article

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