The changing profile of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a focus of the disease in Jahrom District, Southern Iran

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 377-382

  Davami, M H ^a   Motazedian, M H ^b   Sarkari, B ^b  

^a JAHROM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 77956039057     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12786389891083     Document Type: Article

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