First molecular identification of Leishmania species in a new endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Lorestan, Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 713-717

  Kheirandish, Farnaz ^a   Sharafi, Ali Chegeni ^b   Kazemi, Bahram ^c   Bandehpour, Mojgan ^c   Tarahi, Mohamad javad ^d   Khamesipour, Ali ^e  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Iran; Leishmania major; Leishmania tropica; Lorestan; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; IRAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LORESTAN; PCR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879856093     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(13)60124-8     Document Type: Article

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