Epidemiological analysis of Leishmania tropica strains and giemsa-stained smears from Syrian and Turkish leishmaniasis patients using multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT).

• Main Authors: Mehmet Karakuş (Author), Abed Nasereddin (Author), Hüseyin Onay (Author), Emin Karaca (Author), Ahmet Özkeklikçi (Author), Charles L Jaffe (Author), Katrin Kuhls (Author), Ahmet Özbilgin (Author), Hatice Ertabaklar (Author), Samiye Demir (Author), Yusuf Özbel (Author), Seray Töz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Turkey is located in an important geographical location, in terms of the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases, linking Asia and Europe. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of the endemic diseases in a Turkey and according to the Ministry Health of Turkey, 45% of CL patients originate from Şanlıurf...