Molecular identification of Leishmania species causing cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mashhad, Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 195-200

  Mahmoodi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Mohajery, Masoud ^b   Afshari, Jalil Tavakkol ^c   Shakeri, Mohhamad Taghae ^b   Panah, Mohhamad Javad Yazdan ^d   Berenji, Fariba ^a   Fata, Abdolmajid ^a,d  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL); Leishmania major; Leishmania tropica; PCR; Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL)

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEINASE K; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 77957822796     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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