Morphologic, Morphometric and Molecular Comparison of Two Sister Species of Rodents as Potential Reservoir Hosts of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Southwest of Iran

• Main Authors: Seyedeh Maryam Ghafari (Author), Vahoora Ebadatgar (Author), Somayeh Mohammadi (Author), Sahar Ebrahimi (Author), Ali Bordbar (Author), Parviz Parvizi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pasteur Institute of Iran, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Rodents are reservoir hosts of various infectious diseases. Many species and subspecies of genus Rattus play a significant role as potential reservoir hosts of different emerging and re-emerging diseases, including leishmaniasis. Methods: Rodents were captured using live wooden traps f...