Leishmania tropica-isolated patient with visceral leishmaniasis in southern Iran

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 306-307

  Alborzi, Abdolvahab ^a,b,c   Rasouli, Manoochehr ^a   Shamsizadeh, Ahmad ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

ANIMALS; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33645799258     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.306     Document Type: Article

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