Cutaneous leishmaniasis in the nalut district, libyan arab jamahiriya: A clinico-epidemiologic study and Leishmania species identification

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1251-1256

  Belal, Usama S ^a,b   Abdel Hafeez, Ekhlas Hamed ^b   Naoi, Koji ^c   Norose, Kazumi ^d  

^a Al Jabal Al Gharbi University   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b Minia University   (Egypt)

^c Medical Corporation Kohitsujikai   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; LEISHMANIASIS; LESION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROMASTIGOTE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LIBYA; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA;

BOVINAE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 84872203719     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3086.1     Document Type: Article

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