Genetic polymorphisms and drug susceptibility in four isolates of Leishmania tropica obtained from Canadian soldiers returning from Afghanistan.

• Autors principals: Marie Plourde (Autor), Adriano Coelho (Autor), Yoav Keynan (Autor), Oscar E Larios (Autor), Momar Ndao (Autor), Annie Ruest (Autor), Gaétan Roy (Autor), Ethan Rubinstein (Autor), Marc Ouellette (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a vector-borne parasitic disease characterized by the presence of one or more lesions on the skin that usually heal spontaneously after a few months. Most cases of CL worldwide occur in Southwest Asia, Africa and South America, and a number of cases have been reported...