Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonenis infection, Suriname

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 857-859

  Van Der Meide, Wendy ^a   De Vries, Henry ^b,c   Pratlong, Francine ^d   Van Der Wal, Allard ^b   Sabajo, Leslie ^e  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Health Service Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e Dermatology Service   (Suriname)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILTEFOSINE; PENTAMIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LETTER; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER; SURINAME; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; HAND; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SKIN; SURINAME;

EID: 45249121795     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1405.070433     Document Type: Letter

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