First report on natural Leishmania infection of Phlebotomus sergenti due Leishmania tropica by high resolution melting curve method in South-eastern Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-96

  Aghaei, Afshar A ^a   Rassi, Y ^b   Sharifi, I ^a   Vatandoost, H ^b   Mollaie, H R ^b   Oshaghi, M A ^b   Abai, M R ^b   Rafizadeh, S ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Leishmania tropica; Real time PCR; Vector(s)

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; IRAN; ITS1 GENE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

IRAN; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; REAL-TIME PCR; VECTOR(S);

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892982263     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60002-X     Document Type: Article

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