Article
Identification of Leishmania species using N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase gene in a zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis focus of Iran.
Journal of vector borne diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Saberi Reza, Moin-Vaziri Vahideh, Hajjaran Homa, Niyyati Maryam, Taghipour Niloofar, Kheirandish Farnaz, Abadi Alireza
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Ilam province is one of the oldest known endemic foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmani- asis (CL) in Iran; and the recent studies have shown an increasing trend in the number of cases from the region. This study was aimed to investigate the parasite species and genetic diversity of isolates obtained from CL patients based on the N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase (nagt) gene....
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