Leishmania donovani leishmaniasis in Cyprus

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-7

  Antoniou, Maria ^a   Haralambous, Christos ^b   Mazeris, Apostolos ^c   Pratlong, Francine ^d   Dedet, Jean Pierre ^d   Soteriadou, Ketty ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c Veterinary Services of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRUS; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LETTER; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CYPRUS; DOGS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 39149127058     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70297-9     Document Type: Letter

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