First molecular detection of Leishmania major within naturally infected Phlebotomus salehi from a zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in southern Iran

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Azizi, K ^a   Fakoorziba, M R ^a   Jalali, M ^b   Moemenbellah Fard, M D ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84859078781     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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