Asymptomatic carriage of Leishmania in family members of patients with visceral leishmaniasis in Central Tunisia

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Saghrouni, F ^a   Khammari, I ^a   Kaabia, N ^a   Bouguila, J ^a   Ben Abdeljelil, J ^a   Fathallah, A ^a   Amri, F ^b   Ben Said M ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Hôpital régional Ibn Jazzar   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carriage; Tunisia; Visceral leishmaniasis; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUNISIA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867537383     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: 17683114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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