A novel non-invasive diagnostic sampling technique for cutaneous leishmaniasis.

• Main Authors: Yasaman Taslimi (Author), Pardis Sadeghipour (Author), Sima Habibzadeh (Author), Vahid Mashayekhi (Author), Hossien Mortazavi (Author), Ingrid Müller (Author), Majella E Lane (Author), Pascale Kropf (Author), Sima Rafati (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Accurate diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is important for chemotherapy and epidemiological studies. Common approaches for Leishmania detection involve the invasive collection of specimens for direct identification of amastigotes by microscopy and the culturing of promastigotes from infecte...