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Multilocus microsatellite typing shows three different genetic clusters of Leishmania major in Iran.
Microbes and infection - 1 Oct 2011
Mahnaz Tashakori, Al-Jawabreh Amer, Kuhls Katrin, Schönian Gabriele
Abstract excerpt
Ten polymorphic microsatellite markers were used to analyse 25 strains of Leishmania major collected from cutaneous leishmaniasis cases in different endemic areas in Iran. Nine of the markers were polymorphic, revealing 21 different genotypes. The data displayed significant microsatellite polymorphism with rare allelic heterozygosity. Bayesian statistic and distance based analyses identified three genetic...
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