A new focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Shiraz, Iran

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 727-730

  Razmjou, Shahrzad ^a   Hejazy, Hossein ^a   Motazedian, Mohammad Hossein ^b   Baghaei, Mehdi ^a   Emamy, Motevalli ^c   Kalantary, Mohsen ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Epidemiology; Iran; Leishmania major; PCR; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN SCAR; SKIN ULCER; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 67349173543     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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