Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Nepal: Leishmania major as a cause

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-203

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Ansari, Nasim Akhtar ^a   Avninder, Singh ^a   Ramesh, V ^b   Salotra, Poonam ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL CAMPUS   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; Leishmania; Nepal; PCR; RFLP

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LUPUS VULGARIS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 38049003031     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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