Comparative molecular epidemiology of Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica by PCR-RFLP technique in hyper endemic cities of Isfahan and Bam, Iran

Case Reports and Clinical Practice Review

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Doudi, Monir ^a   Hejazi, Seyed Hossein ^b   Razavi, Mohammad Reza ^c   Narimani, Manizheh ^b   Khanjani, Somayeh ^c   Eslami, Gilda ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; ITS1; Molecular epidemiology; PCR; RFLP

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 79951575271     PISSN: 15076164     EISSN: 16433742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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