PCR-based detection of Leishmania major kDNA within naturally infected Phlebotomus papatasi in southern Iran

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 440-442

  Azizi, Kourosh ^a,b   Rassi, Yavar ^c   Moemenbellah Fard, Mohammad Djaefar ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis; Iran; KDNA; Leishmania major; PCR; Phlebotomus papatasi

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; INFECTION RATE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI;

EID: 77952671658     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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