Spontaneous cure of American cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania naiffi in two Dutch infantry soldiers

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Van Der Snoek, E M ^a   Lammers, A M ^a   Kortbeek, L M ^b   Roelfsema, J H ^b   Bart, A ^c   Jaspers, C A J J ^d  

^a CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Military Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS; ARMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HAND; HEAD; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA NAIFFI; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUTROPHIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOLDIER; SURINAME; THIGH; TRAINING; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE;

HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SURINAME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72549085475     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03658.x     Document Type: Article

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