[Epidemiological, clinical and biological features of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Bolivia after a 221 patient sample].
The authors present a clinical, biological and epidemiological study of 221 cases of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis observed in Bolivia between January 1990 and April 1991. The patients exhibited cutaneous lesions in 136 cases and mucous involvement in 85 cases. It is stressed on the severity of the disease in Bolivia.
Dimier-David
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Institut Bolivien de Biologie d'Altitude, La Paz, Bolivie.
David
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Muñoz
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Vargas
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F
Bustillos
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Valda
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L
Dedet
J P
JP
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001838:Bolivia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007892:Leishmania braziliensis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology
Particularités épidémiologiques, cliniques et biologiques de la leishmaniose cutanéo-muqueuse en Bolivie d'après un échantillon de 221 malades.