Sudanese mucosal leishmaniasis: epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, immune responses and treatment.

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Published in Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg on April 08, 1996

Authors

A M el-Hassan1, S E Meredith, H I Yagi, E A Khalil, H W Ghalib, K Abbas, E E Zijlstra, C C Kroon, G J Schoone, A Ismail

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Endemic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan.

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