The PCR-based detection of leishmania major in mus musculus and other rodents caught in southern Iran: A guide to sample selection

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-323

  Parhizkari, M ^a   Motazedian, M H ^b   Asqari, Q ^a   Mehrabani, D ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MERIONES PERSICUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA; TATERA INDICA;

EID: 79959399791     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485911X12987676649827     Document Type: Article

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