Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of cutaneous leishmaniasis and their relationship with the laboratory data, south of Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-16

  Curti, Maura Cristiani de Moura ^a   Silveira, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi ^b   Arraes, Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides ^b   Bertolini, Dennis Armando ^b   Zanzarini, Paulo Donizeti ^a   Venazzi, Eneide Aparecida Sabaini ^a   Fernandes, Andrea Cláudia Silva ^a   Teixeira, Jorge Juarez Vieira ^b   Lonardoni, Maria Valdrinez Campana ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UEM/LEPAC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical laboratory techniques; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Disease transmission; Epidemiology; Infectious

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TESTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955978654     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702011000100003     Document Type: Article

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