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Genetic micro-heterogeneity of Leishmania major in emerging foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tunisia.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2016
Attia Hanene, Sghaier Rabiaa M, Gelanew Tesfaye, Bali Aymen, Schweynoch Carola, Guerfali Fatma Z, Mkannez Ghada, Chlif Sadok, Belhaj-Hamida Nabil, Dellagi Koussay, Schönian Gabriele, Laouini Dhafer
Abstract excerpt
Tunisia is endemic for zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL), a parasitic disease caused by Leishmania (L.) major. ZCL displays a wide clinical polymorphism, with severe forms present more frequently in emerging foci where naive populations are dominant. In this study, we applied the multi-locus microsatellite typing (MLMT) using ten highly informative and discriminative markers to investigate the genetic...
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