An epidemiological study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Al-jabal Al-gharbi libya

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-84

  Abdellatif, Manal Z M ^a,b   El Mabrouk, Khamis ^a   Ewis, Ashraf A ^b  

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

^b Minia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Farm related occupation; Gharyan; Leishmania major; Leishmania tropica; Libya

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LIQUID NITROGEN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEWIFE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LEG; LEISHMANIA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHODIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RODENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STUDENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS; FARM-RELATED OCCUPATION; GHARYAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LIBYA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LIBYA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84874587188     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2013.51.1.75     Document Type: Article

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