First microscopical and molecular-based characterization of Leishmania major within naturally infected Phlebotomus salehi (Diptera; Psychodidae) in Fars province, southern Iran

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 485-491

  Davami, M H ^a   Motazedian, M H ^b   Kalantari, M ^b   Asgari, Q ^b   Badzohre, A ^c   Mohammadpour, I ^b  

^a JAHROM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICROSCOPY; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83455253778     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1364859411Y.0000000037     Document Type: Article

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