Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Refugee Crises in the Middle East and North Africa

Overview

Journal PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Tropical Medicine

Date 2016 May 27

PMID 27227772

Citations 55

Authors

Rebecca Du

Peter J Hotez

Waleed S Al-Salem

Alvaro Acosta-Serrano

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