American cutaneous leishmaniasis in children and adolescents from northcentral venezuela

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 178-183

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; SKIN TESTS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 69149084731     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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