Cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania chagasi/Le. infantum in an endemic area of Guarico State, Venezuela

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 721-726

  De Lima, H ^a   Rodriguez N ^a   Feliciangeli, M D ^b   Barrios, M A ^a   Sosa, A ^a   Agrela, I ^b   Sanchez E ^b   Lopez, O ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c Hospital Dr 'Jose Francisco Torrealba'   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Clinical evolution; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Insect vectors; Leishmania; Molecular epidemiology; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; SECONDARY INFECTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER; SUBURBAN AREA; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA; YOUNG ADULT;

HEXAPODA; LUTZOMYIA EVANSI; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 67349124901     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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