Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum MON-24 in Tunisia: Extension of the focus to the center of the country;La leishmaniose cutanée due à Leishmania infantum MON-24 en Tunisie: Extension du foyer vers le centre du pays

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-31

  Kallel, K ^a   Haouas, N ^b   Pratlong, F ^c   Kaouech, E ^a   Belhadj, S ^a   Anane, S ^a   Dedet, J P ^c   Babba, H ^b   Chaker, E ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; L. Infantum MON 24; Maghreb; Northern Africa; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; SKIN ULCER; TUNISIA; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 39749136142     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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