First detection of Leishmania infantum DNA in wild caught Phlebotomus papatasi in endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis, South of Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 825-829

  Yavar, Rassi ^a   Hadi, Karami ^a   Reza, Abai Mohammad ^a   M, Mohebali ^a   Hasan, Bakshi ^a   Ali, Oshaghi Mohammad ^a   Sina, Rafizadeh ^b   Habib, Bagherpoor Hagigi ^c   Abodolrahim, Hosseini ^b   Manuchehr, Gholami ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c Farashband Health Center   (Iran)

^d Unit of Communicable Diseases Control   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Leishmania infantum; Leishmania major; Reservoir; Vector

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GERBIL; IRAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RAT; RODENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DOMINANCE; TATERA INDICA; ZOONOSIS;

IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; RESERVOIR; VECTOR;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHLEBOTOMUS;

EID: 84883766908     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60163-X     Document Type: Article

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