Preliminary evaluation of maggot (Diptera: Calliphoridae) therapy as a potential treatment for leishmaniasis ulcers;Evaluación preliminar en un modelo animal de la terapia con larvas de Lucilia sericata para el tratamiento de la leishmaniasis cutánea

Biomedica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-310

  Arrivillaga, Jazzmin ^a   Rodríguez, Jaime ^b   Oviedo, Milagros ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cutaneous therapy; Debridement; Investigational; Larva; Leishmaniasis; Therapies; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LUCILIA SERICATA; MESOCRICETUS; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 51349138496     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v28i2.102     Document Type: Article

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