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Genetic diversity in Leishmania infantum and Leishmania tropica isolates from human and canine hosts in northern Morocco.
Gene - 30 Aug 2024
Hakkour Maryam, Badaoui Bouabid, El Hamiani Khatat Sarah, Sahibi Hamid, Fellah Hajiba, Sadak Abderrahim, Sebti Faiza
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated nine provinces in northern Morocco and collected 275 skin scraping, 22 bone marrow aspirates, and 89 fine needle aspirations from suspected cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and visceral leishmaniasis (VL) patients and potentially infected dogs. Molecular analysis using ITS1 RFLP PCR and RT-PCR revealed a higher prevalence of L. infantum (66.18 %; χ2 = 28.804; df = 1; P-value = 8.01e-08) than...
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