Leishmaniasis recidivans among school children in Bam, South-east Iran, 1994-2006

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 557-561

  Sharifi, Iraj ^a   Fekri, Ali Reza ^a   Aflatoonian, Mohammad Reza ^a   Khamesipour, Ali ^b   Mahboudi, Fereidoun ^c   Dowlati, Yahya ^b   Nadim, Abolhassan ^d   Modabber, Farrokh ^e,f  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative DNDi   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; IRAN; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS RECIDIVANS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; PAPULE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; FACE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ALLOPURINOL; MEGLUMINE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONIATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOPURINOL; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77953090007     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04419.x     Document Type: Article

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