Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Algeria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1157-1159

  Mihoubi, Ilhem ^a   Picot, Stéphane ^b   Hafirassou, Nadia ^a,c   de Monbrison, Frédérique ^b  

^a Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalo Universitaire Dr Benbadis Constantine   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Leishmania tropica; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FILTER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; URBAN AREA;

LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 53549124388     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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