Natural infection of wild caught Phlebotomus tobbi to Leishmania infantum in East Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-29

  Oshaghi, M A ^a   Rassi, Y ^a   Hazratian, T ^b   Fallah, E ^b   Rafizadeh, S ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^c Iranian Reference Health Laboratory   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Leishmania infantum; Phlebotomus; Polymerase chain reaction; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPBE GENE; CPBF GENE; FEMALE; GENE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS TOBBI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WILD SPECIES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84877271072     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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