Identification of Leishmania species using N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase gene in a zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis focus of Iran

Background & objectives: Ilam province is one of the oldest known endemic foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmani- asis (CL) in Iran; and the recent studies have shown an increasing trend in the number of cases from the region. This study was aimed to investigate the parasite species and genetic di...

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Main Authors: Reza Saberi, Vahideh Moin-Vaziri, Homa Hajjaran, Maryam Niyyati, Niloofar Taghipour, Farnaz Kheirandish, Alireza Abadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.jvbd.org/article.asp?issn=0972-9062;year=2018;volume=55;issue=1;spage=14;epage=19;aulast=Saberi