Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96, Issue 4 , Pages 405-410 , July 2002

Surveillance and screening of American cutaneous leishmaniasis by Colombian primary health care workers using a clinical prediction rule

  • Carlos A. Rojas

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAuthor for correspondence; phone +57 2 668 2160, fax +57 2 667 2989.
    • Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas, CIDEIM, AA 5390, Cali, Colombia
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  • Kristen A. Weigle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Lena Barrera

      Affiliations

    • Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas, CIDEIM, AA 5390, Cali, Colombia
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  • Constanza Collazos

      Affiliations

    • Fundación Centro de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias en Desarrollo, CIMDER, AA 3708, Cali, Colombia

Received 3 September 2001 ,Accepted 16 January 2002.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96, Issue 4 , Pages 405-410 , July 2002

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