PCR detection and sequencing of parasite ITS-rDNA gene from reservoirs host of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Iran (Parasitology Research DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1124-z);PCR detection and sequencing of parasite ITS-rDNA gene from reservoirs host of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Iran

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1273-1278

  Parvizi, Parviz ^a   Moradi, Ghasem ^a,b   Akbari, Ghasem ^c   Farahmand, Mahin ^a   Ready, Paul D ^d   Piazak, Norair ^a   Assmar, Mehdi ^a   Amirkhani, Aref ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Centre of Health Service   (Iran)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HAPLOTYPE; HOST; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RODENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

GERBILLINAE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MERIONES; MERIONES PERSICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 53149085623     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1220-0     Document Type: Erratum

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