Etiologic agent of an epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tolima, Colombia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 276-282

  Rodríguez Barraquer, Isabel ^a   Góngora, Rafael ^a   Prager, Martín ^a   Pacheco, Robinson ^a   Montero, Luz Mery ^b   Navas, Adriana ^a   Ferro, Cristina ^c   Miranda, Maria Consuelo ^a   Saravia, Nancy G ^a  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

^b Hospital San Juan Bautista de Chaparral   (Colombia)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHODIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHODIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41249095782     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.276     Document Type: Article

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