The prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in school children in southwestern Iran, 2009

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1065-1069

  Asgari Nezhad, Hojat ^a   Mirzaie, Mohammad ^a   Sharifi, Iraj ^b   Zarean, Mehdi ^b   Norouzi, Mojtaba ^c  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Dehloran; Epidemiology; Leishmania major

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867060706     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-011-1230-7     Document Type: Article

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