Variation in clinical presentation and genotype of causative Leishmania major strain in cutaneous leishmaniasis in north and south Afghanistan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-63

  Van Thiel, Pieter Paul A M ^a,b   Van Gool, Tom ^a   Faber, William R ^a   Leenstra, Tjalling ^a   Kager, Piet A ^a   Bart, Aldert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Ministerie van Defensie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILTEFOSINE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; EXCISION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AFGHANISTAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 79960251126     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0531     Document Type: Article

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