Short report: A cluster of cutaneous leishmaniasis associated with human smuggling

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 847-850

  Cannella, Anthony P ^a   Nguyen, Bichchau M ^b   Piggott, Caroline D ^b   Lee, Robert A ^b   Vinetz, Joseph M ^a   Mehta, Sanjay R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AMPHOTERICIN B;

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; AFRICA; CASE REPORT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; PANAMA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SKIN ULCER; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS;

ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; PANAMA; SKIN ULCER; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958693836     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0693     Document Type: Article

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