STUDY OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS (KALAAZAR) CASES IN TEHRAN, NECESSITY OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND PREVENTION
Thirty eight patients with visceral Leishmaniasis were reviewed, age ranged from 2 months to 10 years, 74% above 3.5 y, with 24% affection in infants (7 to 12 m), with slight male predilection. All the patients had weight loss, splenomegaly and hepatomegaly, 97% with fever, 92% had positive serology...
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| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
1999-12-01
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| Series: | Iranian Journal of Public Health |
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| Online Access: | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/1730 |