Epidemiological Study of The Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Disease at Dermatological Hospital and General Clinic in Damascus
published by Damascus University
in 2003
in Biology
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
In this study the total of ٤١٥ cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis was evaluated
from Dermatology hospital and General clinic in Damascus from February
٢٠٠١ to February ٢٠٠٢. Most of these cases was reported in Damascus and its
suburb, and when we made the direct microscopic test, amastigotes were
detectable in ٢٧١ cases, and the positive cases was increased to ٣٦٤ cases by
realizing the parasite culture into diphasic N. N. N. media, which confirm the
diagnosis.
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