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Genetic diversity of Leishmania tropica strains isolated from clinical forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural districts of Herat province, Western Afghanistan, based on ITS1-rDNA.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2016
Fakhar Mahdi, Pazoki Ghohe Hossein, Rasooli Sayed Abobakar, Karamian Mehdi, Mohib Abdul Satar, Ziaei Hezarjaribi Hajar, Pagheh Abdol Sattar, Ghatee Mohammad Amin
Abstract excerpt
Despite the high incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Afghanistan, there is a little information concerning epidemiological status of the disease and phylogenetic relationship and population structure of causative agents. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and distribution of CL cases and investigate the Leishmania tropica population structure in rural districts of Heart province in the...
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