Cutaneous leishmaniasis in North-Western Yemen: A clinicoepidemiologic study and Leishmania species identification by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Khatri, Mishri Lal ^a   Di Muccio, Trentina ^b   Gramiccia, Marina ^b  

^a Saudi Hospital at Hajjah   (Yemen)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; L donovani; L infantum; L tropica; Leishmania PCR RFLP; North Western Yemen

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMEAR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249096565     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.04.047     Document Type: Article

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