Parasite, vectors and reservoirs as determinants of tegumentary leishmaniasis;Parasita, vetores e reservatórios como determinantes de leishmaniose tegumentar

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-424

  Carvalho, Edgar Marcelino ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIMONY; ELONGATION FACTOR 1BETA; GAMMA INTERFERON; PEROXIDASE; PEROXIREDOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOGENESIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TH1 CELL; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 84865857227     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822012000400001     Document Type: Editorial

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