Leishmaniasis, an emerging imported infection: Report of 20 cases from Australia

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 351-354

  Stark, Damien ^a   Van Hal, Sebastian ^a   Lee, Rogan ^b   Marriott, Deborah ^a   Harkness, John ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRAVEL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 53749086696     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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