Epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Colombia: environmental and behavioral risk factors for infection, clinical manifestations, and pathogenicity.

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Published in J Infect Dis on September 01, 1993

Authors

K A Weigle1, C Santrich, F Martinez, L Valderrama, N G Saravia

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7400.

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