First detection of leishmania major in Rattus norvegicus from fars province, Southern Iran

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 969-975

  Motazedian, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Parhizkari, Masoumeh ^a   Mehrabani, Davood ^b   Hatam, Gholamreza ^a   Asgari, Qasem ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Leishmania major; Leishmaniasis; Province; Rattus norvegicus; Reservoir; Zoonotic Cutaneous Southern Iran

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EAR; ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HOST; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIVER; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMEAR; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

GERBILLUS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MERIONES LIBYCUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; SOLEIDAE; TATERA INDICA;

EID: 78650022813     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0214     Document Type: Article

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