Characterization of Leishmania Species and L. major Strains in Different Endemic Areas of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 43-50

  Tashakori, Mahnaz ^a   Ajdary, Soheila ^a   Kariminia, Amina ^a   Mahboudi, Fereidoun ^a   Alimohammadian, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Isoenzyme; Leishmania species; Monoclonal antibodies (mAb); PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IRAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CRITHIDIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 0346749810     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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