Leishmania tropica: Another etiological agent of canine visceral Leishmaniasis in Iran

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-88

  Hajjaran, H ^a   Mohebali, M ^a   Zarei, Z ^b   Edrissian, Gh H ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Center for Research and Training of Meshkin Shahr   (Iran)

Author keywords

Canine visceral leishmaniasis; Iran; L. tropica; Molecular methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947514164     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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