Skin Scraping is the Most Accessible Technique for the Parasitological Diagnosis of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis
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Skin Scraping is the Most Accessible Technique for the Parasitological Diagnosis of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis
We read with interest the article in the November 2014 issue of the Journal by Sousa and others entitled: “Press Imprint Smear: A Rapid, Simple, and Cheap Method for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis.” We agree with those authors that direct diagnosis by microscopic visualization of amastigotes is the first choice for the diagnosis of leishmani...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0002-9637,1476-1645
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0809a