Disseminated American muco-cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania brasiliensis brasiliensis in a patient with AIDS: a case report
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761992000400005