Molecular characterization of leishmania infection from naturally infected sand flies caught in a focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis (eastern iran).

• Main Authors: Mohammad Akhoundi (Author), Ahmad Baghaei (Author), Jérôme Depaquit (Author), Parviz Parvizi (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major is a serious and increasing problem affecting manyrural areas of 17 out of 31 provinces in Iran. Little is known about sand fly fauna and leishmaniases in Eastern Iran and no study has been carried out in Sarbisheh County. The aim of this s...