Recent trends of cutaneous leishmaniasis in alert hospital, Addis Ababa

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages 37-41

  Bekele, Shiferaw ^a   Bekele, Yonas ^a   Mulatu, Fikerte ^a   Lemma, Tsehaynesh ^a   Tilahun, Hiwot ^a   Gadisa, Endalamaw ^a   Negussie, Shimelis ^b   Yamuah, Lawrence ^a   Wassie, Liya ^a   Abebe, Markos ^a   Hiletework, Mengistae ^b   Hunegnaw, Mesfin ^b   Leekassa, Rute ^b   Bizuneh, Elisabeth ^b   Aseffa, Abraham ^a  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b All Africa Leprosy Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, ISOLATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84898919198     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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