Article
Correlation of Genetic Heterogeneity with Cytopathological and Epidemiological Findings of Leishmania major Isolated from Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Southern Iran.
Acta cytologica - 1 Jan 2016
Shirian Sadegh, Oryan Ahmad, Hatam Gholam-Reza, Tabandeh Mohammad-Reza, Daneshmand Ehasan, Hashemi Orimi Maryam, Saberi Hooshang, Daneshbod Yahya
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) has recently grown into a major public health problem in 88 countries of the world, including Iran. It is a polymorphic disease which may show various clinicopathological features. Although the effect of the genetic diversity of the parasite has been demonstrated as one of the factors influencing clinical manifestations in CL, no data exist regarding the genetic variation...
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