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Population Structure of Leishmania tropica Causing Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Southern Iran by PCR-RFLP of Kinetoplastid DNA.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2018
Ghatee Mohammad Amin, Mirhendi Hossein, Marashifard Masoud, Kanannejad Zahra, Taylor Walter R, Sharifi Iraj
Abstract excerpt
Iran is one of the six countries with the most cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) patients. Understanding better the genotypes of the parasite population in relation to geography and climate is critical to achieving better CL control. We aimed to characterise the population structure of Leishmania tropica, the cause of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL), from important foci in southeast (Bam and Kerman) and...
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