Laboratory based diagnosis of leishmaniasis in rodents as the reservoir hosts in Southern Iran, 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages S575-S580

  Masoumeh, Amin ^a,b   Kourosh, Azizi ^a,b   Mohsen, Kalantari ^c   Hossein, Motazedian Mohammad ^d   Qasem, Asgari ^d   Djaefar, Moemenbellah Fard Mohammad ^a,b   Esmaeil, Najafi Mohammad ^c   Tahereh, Dabaghmanesh ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gerbil; Iran; Leishmania; PCR

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; IRAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LIVER EXAMINATION; MALE; MERIONES LIBYCUS; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPLEEN EXAMINATION;

GERBILLINAE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MERIONES LIBYCUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84922445234     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12980/APJTB.4.2014APJTB-2014-0199     Document Type: Article

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