Molecular epidemiological study of cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the focus of Bushehr city, Southwestern Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-121

  Yaghoobi Ershadi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Shahbazi, Farideh ^a   Darvishi, Mohammad ^b   Akhavan, Amir Ahmad ^a   Jafari, Reza ^c   Khajeian, Mohammad ^b   Rassi, Yavar ^a   Soleimani, Hassan ^d   Shirzadi, Mohammad Reza ^e   Hanafi Bojd, Ahmad Ali ^a   Darabi, Hossein ^b   Arandian, Mohammad Hossein ^c   Sanei Dehkordi, Alireza ^a   Heidari, Mansour ^f  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c National Institute of Health Research   (Iran)

^d Institute of Public Health Research   (Iran)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^f TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; L. major; L. tropica; Molecular epidemiology; Tatera indica

Indexed keywords

COUMATETRALYL; DELTAMETHRIN; ETOFENPROX; RODENTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC PHOSPHIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA GERBILLI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIA TURANICA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RAT; RODENT; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TATERA INDICA; ULCER; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84883508403     PISSN: 23221984     EISSN: 23222271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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