Molecular Detection of Leishmania major in Hemiechinus auritus, A Potential Reservoir of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Damghan, Iran

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Behrad Pourmohammadi (مؤلف), Sadegh Mohammadi-Azni (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• الموضوعات: article
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Background: Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major is endemic in 17 of 31 Iranian provinces. Various species of rodents have been introduced as the main reservoirs of the disease. This study was conducted to de­termine the natural infection of hedgehogs with Leishmania spp. in a...