Cutaneous leishmaniasis cases in Nizip, Turkey after the Syrian civil war;Suriye Iç Savaşi Sonrasi Nizipte Kutanöz Leyşmanyazis Olgulari

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-113

  Salman, Ismail Serkan ^a   Vural, Ahmet ^b   Ünver, Ahmet ^b   Saçar, Suzan ^b  

^a Nizip State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Prevalence; Refugee; Syrian; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; SEX RATIO; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STATISTICS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SYRIA; TURKEY; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897664717     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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