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Genotyping Leishmania promastigotes isolated from patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in south-eastern Turkey.
The Journal of international medical research - 1 Feb 2017
Ekşi Fahriye, Özgöztaşı Orhan, Karslıgil Tekin, Sağlam Mustafa
Abstract excerpt
Objective Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a significant disease in south-eastern Anatolia because it is prevalent among Syrian refugees. We identified the causative Leishmania species in CL patients using molecular methods. Methods Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle medium was inoculated with aspirated fluid from suspected CL lesions and tested for amastigotes with Giemsa staining. PCR amplified the internal transcribed spacer...
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