Phlebotomus papatasi and Meriones libycus as the vector and reservoir host of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Qomrood District, Qom Province, central Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-100

  Yavar, Rassi ^a   Abedin, Saghafipour ^a   Reza, Abai Mohammad ^a   Ali, Oshaghi Mohammad ^a   Sina, Rafizadeh ^b   Mehdi, Mohebail ^a   Reza, Yaaghobi Ershadi Mohammad ^a   Fatemeh, Mohtarami ^a   Babak, Farzinnia ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c Healh Center of Qom Qom Province   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Iran; Reservoir; Vector

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIPODIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE LOCUS; HEMIECHINUS AURITIS; HUMIDITY; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MERIONES LIBYCUS; MOUSE; NESOKIA INDICA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS CAUCASICUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SALEHI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SERGENTOMYIA CLYDEI; SERGENTOMYIA DENTATA; SERGENTOMYIA PAWLOWSKI; SERGENTOMYIA SINTONI; SERGENTOMYIA THEODORI; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79952365178     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60045-X     Document Type: Article

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