Molecular characterization of Leishmania spp. in reservoir hosts in endemic foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 218-224

  Akhoundi, Mohammad ^a,b   Mohebali, Mehdi ^c   Asadi, Mina ^d   Mahmodi, Mohamad Reza ^e   Amraei, Kamyar ^f   Mirzaei, Asad ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gerbils; Leishmania major; Leishmania turanica; PCR RFLP, Asia; Reservoir hosts; Rodents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880675430     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: 18036465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2013.024     Document Type: Article

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