Co-infection of Leishmania infantum and Brucella spp in Iran

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-94

  Fakhar, Mahdi ^a,c   Banimostafavi, Elham ^a   Motazedian, Mohammad Hossein ^b   Asgari, Qasem ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Co infection; Visceral leishmaniasis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 59149103131     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-008-0749-8     Document Type: Article

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