Diversity of leishmania species and of strains of leishmania major isolated from desert rodents in different foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 502-512

  Mirzaei, Asad ^a,b   Schweynoch, Carola ^b   Rouhani, Soheila ^c   Parvizi, Parviz ^d   Schönian, Gabriele ^b  

^a ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genetic polymorphism; Iran; Leishmania major; Microsatellite; RFLP

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; IRAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA;

EID: 84904403690     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru085     Document Type: Article

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