Epidemiological and clinical features of cutaneous leishmaniases in Jenin District, Palestine, including characterisation of the causative agents in clinical samples

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 554-562

  Azmi, Kifaya ^a,b   Schönian, Gabriele ^b   Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^a   Schnur, Lionel F ^c   Sawalha, Samir ^a   Hamarsheh, Omar ^a   Ereqat, Suheir ^a   Amro, Ahmad ^a   Qaddomi, Sharif E ^a   Abdeen, Ziad ^a  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Epidemiology; Leishmania tropica; Palestine; Polymerase chain reaction; Zymodeme

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PALESTINE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI;

EID: 84864807412     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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