Asymptomatic human carriers of Leishmania infantum: Possible reservoirs for Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis in southern Iran

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 577-583

  Fakhar, M ^a   Motazedian, M H ^b   Hatam, G R ^b   Asgari, Q ^b   Kalantari, M ^b   Mohebali, M ^c  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 55049114508     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X337526     Document Type: Article

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