First report on Leishmania major/HIV coinfection in a Sudanese patient

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 702-703

  Mukhtar, M M ^a   Elamin, E M ^b   Bakhiet, S M ^a   Kheir, M M ^c   Ali, A B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b ALZAIEM ALAZHARI UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^c Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering   (Sudan)

^d Al Nilian University   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; SKIN TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HIV INFECTIONS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUDAN;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COMORBIDITY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUDAN;

EID: 77953731091     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.6.702     Document Type: Article

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