Three Leishmania/L. species - L. infantum, L. major, L. tropica - As causative agents of mucosal leishmaniasis in Iran

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 267-272

  Shirian, Sadegh ^a,b   Oryan, Ahmad ^b   Hatam, Gholam Reza ^c   Daneshbod, Yahya ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Dr Daneshbod Pathology Laboratory Tehran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical features; L. infantum; L. major; L. tropica; Oro mucosal leishmaniasis; Tropism

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MUCOSAL DISEASE; MUCOSAL LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 84881192725     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773213Y.0000000098     Document Type: Article

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