Molecular epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis and heterogeneity of Leishmania major strains in Iran

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1335-1344

  Mahmoudzadeh Niknam, Hamid ^a   Ajdary, Soheila ^a   Riazi Rad, Farhad ^a   Mirzadegan, Ebrahim ^a   Rezaeian, Abdolhossein ^a   Khaze, Vahid ^a   Djadid, Navid D ^a   Alimohammadian, Mohammad H ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Epidemiology; Heterogeneity; Leishmania major; Leishmania tropica; Random amplified polymorphic DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY; LESION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DISORDER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INOCULATION; IRAN; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS; ÉPIDÉMIOLOGIE; EPIDEMIOLOGÍA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HÉTÉROGÉNÉITÉ; HETEROGENEIDAD; HETEROGENEITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS CUTÁNEA; LEISHMANIOSE CUTANÉE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RAPD;

ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RURAL POPULATION; SPLEEN; URBAN POPULATION;

IRAN;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MUS;

EID: 84867910734     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03078.x     Document Type: Article

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