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Multilocus microsatellite signature and identification of specific molecular markers for Leishmania aethiopica.
Parasites & vectors - 4 Jun 2013
Kebede Nigatu, Oghumu Steve, Worku Alemayehu, Hailu Asrat, Varikuti Sanjay, Satoskar Abhay R
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BACKGROUND: Leishmaniasis is a clinically and epidemiologically diverse zoonotic disease caused by obligatory, intracellular protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most widely distributed form of the disease characterized by skin lesions. Leishmania aethiopica is considered the predominant etiological agent in Ethiopia. The current study was aimed at developing multilocus...
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