Molecular data on vectors and reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Iran

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 425-428

  Rassi, Y ^a   Abai, M R ^a   Javadian, E ^a   Rafizadeh, S ^b   Imamian, H ^c   Mohebali, M ^a   Fateh, M ^c   Hajjaran, H ^a   Ismaili, K ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c Health Center of Shahrood County   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Epidemiology vector; Iran; Leishmania major; Middle East; Nesokia indica; PCR; Phlebotomus caucasicus; Phlebotomus papatasi; Reservoir host; Rhombomys opimus; Shahrood

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IRAN; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENTIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 58449128540     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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