Molecular Detection of Leishmania major and L. turanica in Phlebotomus papatasi and First Natural Infection of P. salehi to L. major in North-east of Iran

• Main Authors: Sayena Rafizadeh (Author), Mehrzad Saraei (Author), Mohammad Reza Abaei (Author), Mohammad Ali Oshaghi (Author), Mehdi Mohebali (Author), Amir Peymani (Author), Taghi Naserpour-Farivar (Author), Hassan Bakhshi (Author), Yavar Rassi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Leishmaniasis is an important public health disease in many developing countries as well in Iran. The main objective of this study was to investigate on leishmania infection of wild caught sand flies in an endemic focus of disease in Esfarayen district, north east of Iran. Methods: Sand...