First report of Leishmania tropica from a classical focus of L. major in North-Sinai, Egypt

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-218

  Shehata, Magdi G ^a   Samy, Abdallah M ^a   Doha, Said A ^a   Fahmy, Adel R ^a   Kaldas, Rania M ^b   Furman, Barry D ^b   Villinski, Jeffrey T ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM FLOWERI; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RODENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; RODENTIA;

EID: 68549117114     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.213     Document Type: Article

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