Leishmaniasis, a global concern for travel medicine

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 563-570

  Neghina, Raul ^a   Neghina, Adriana M ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CROATIA; EGYPT; EMPORIATRICS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FRANCE; GREECE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; ITALY; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPAIN; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 77954802447     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365541003789473     Document Type: Review

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