Smouldering focus of kala-azar in Assam

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-

  Mathur, Purva ^a   Samantaray, J C ^a   Mangraj, Sunanda ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GIEMSA STAIN; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIASIS; LETTER; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; PSYCHODIDAE; TRAVEL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE;

EID: 4344684710     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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