Case report: First cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi infection in Surinam

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 588-590

  Van Thiel, Pieter Paul A M ^a   Van Gool, Tom ^a   Kager, Piet A ^a   Bart, Aldert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA NAIFFI; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SURINAME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY;

LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIA NAIFFI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SURINAME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950943233     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0360     Document Type: Article

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