DNA-based detection of Leishmania and Crithidia species isolated from humans in cutaneous and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis from Shiraz and Kharameh, southern Iran

Background & objectives: Leishmania major and L. tropica are the main pathogens of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in several rural and some urban regions of Iran, respectively. The aim of this study was to detect Leishmania species, and update the distribution data of these species in humans suspe...

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Published in:	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Main Authors:	Mohsen Kalantari, Mohammad Hossein Motazedian, Qasem Asgari, Aboozar Soltani, Iraj Mohammadpour, Kourosh Azizi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Subjects:	cutaneous leishmaniasis; human; iran; leishmania; pcr; post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis
Online Access:	http://www.jvbd.org/article.asp?issn=0972-9062;year=2020;volume=57;issue=1;spage=52;epage=57;aulast=