Epidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Children in Damascus University Children Hospital


Abstract in English

Visceral Leishmaniasis is still seen in developing country To study the epidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis cases hospitalized in Damascus University Children Hospital. It was retro-spective study on (89) cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis hospitalized between 1993 and 2005.

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