Clinical, epidemiological and laboratory aspects of patients with American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the State of Pernambuco Aspectos clínicos, epidemiológicos e laboratoriais de pacientes com leishmaniose cutânea americana no Estado de Pernambuco

The diagnosis for American cutaneous leishmaniasis is based on an association of clinical, epidemiological and laboratory characteristics. The present study identified the circulating species of Leishmania in the State of Pernambuco, described its clinical-epidemiological characteristics and diagnos...

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Main Authors: Luiza de Campos Reis, Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito, Éricka Lima de Almeida, Simone Marta Félix, Ângela Cristina Rapela Medeiros, Cláudio Júlio Silva, Valéria Rêgo Alves Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2008-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822008000500001