Leishmania tropica in Stray Dogs in Southeast Iran

• Main Authors: Mehdi BAMOROVAT (Author), Iraj SHARIFI (Author), Shahriar DABIRI (Author), Mohammad Ali MOHAM­MADI (Author), Majid FASIHI HARANDI (Author), Mehdi MOHEBALI (Author), Mohammad Reza AFLATOON­IAN (Author), Alireza KEYHANI (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania tropica is endemic in Kerman, southeastern Iran. While dogs have long been implicated as the main domestic reservoirs of L. infantum, etiological agent of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL), they can also carry L. tropica infection. Th...