A rare case of Trypanosomiasis in a two month old infant in Mumbai, India

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-74

  Raminder, Kaur ^a   Gupta, V K ^b   Dhariwal, A C ^a   Jain, D C ^a   Lal, Shiv ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

^b DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Mumbai; Rattus; Trypanosoma lewisi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; PATHOGENICITY; RAT; RODENT DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 38649096292     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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