Isolation and detection of Leishmania species among naturally infected Rhombomis opimus, a reservoir host of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Turkemen Sahara, North East of Iran

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-380

  Mirzaei, A ^a,b,c   Rouhani, S ^b   Taherkhani, H ^d   Farahmand, M ^a   Kazemi, B ^b   Hedayati, M ^a   Baghaei, A ^a   Davari, B ^e   Parvizi, P ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diagnostic nested PCRs; Iran; ITS ribosomal DNA; Leishmania major; Leishmania turanica; Rhombomis opimus; Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERBIL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IRAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIA TURANICA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBOMIS OPIMUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; ZOONOSES;

LEISHMANIA GERBILLI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIA TURANICA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA; RHOMBOMYS OPIMUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80455143716     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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