Leishmaniasis in Chaparé, Bolivia
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Kátia Luz Torres, Adriana Malheiro, Adriana Tateno, Tatiane Amabile de Lima, Laura Patricia Viana Maia, João Paulo Diniz Pimentel, Márcia Poinho Encarnação de Morais, Christiane Santana de Melo Usui, Flavia de Oliveira Braga, Igor Araújo Ferreira Silva, Felicien Vasquez, and José Eduardo Levi Author affi liations: Fundação de Hematologia e Hemoterapia do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazon, Brazil (K.L. Torres, A. Malheiro, T.A. de Lima, L.P.V. Maia, J.P.D. Pimentel, M.P.E. de Morais, C.S. de Melo Usui, F. Vasquez); Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus (A. Malheiro, F. de Oliveira Braga, I.A.F. Silva); and Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (J.E. Levi)
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
دوره 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009