Histopathologic and electron microscopic characterization of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tatera indica and Gerbillus spp. infected with Leishmania major

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 275-279

  Oryan, Ahmad ^a   Mehrabani, Davood ^a,b   Owji, Seyed Mohammad ^c   Motazedian, Mohammad Hossein ^c   Asgari, Qasem ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Electron microscopy; Isoenzyme; Leishmania major; Light microscopy; Morphology; PCR; Rodents; Southern Iran

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448989853     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-007-0693-z     Document Type: Article

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