Molecular identification of Leishmania species isolated from human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Poledokhtar district, Lorestan province, Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Beiranvand, Elahe ^a   Kalantari, Mohsen ^b   Rastgar, Hasan Ali ^c,d   Amraee, Kamyar ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; L. tropica; Leishmania major; Leishmaniasis; Polymerase chain reactionpolymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA; KINETOPLAST DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 84882595641     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.8103     Document Type: Article

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