Cutaneous leishmaniasis imported from Colombia to Northcentral Venezuela: Implications for travel advice

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 376-379

  Delgado, Olinda ^a   Silva, Sylvia ^a   Coraspe, Virginia ^a   Rivas, Maria A ^a   Rodriguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a   Navarro, Pedro ^a   Franco Paredes, Carlos ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Colombia; Cutaneous; Imported; Leishmaniasis; Migration; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMPORT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TRAVEL; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENEZUELA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849432577     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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