Molecular Identification of Leishmania Species in a Re-Emerged Focus of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Varamin District, Iran

• Main Authors: Mahmoodreza Behravan (Author), Vahideh Moin-Vaziri (Author), Ali Haghighi (Author), Nourina Rahbarian (Author), Niloofar Taghipour (Author), Alireza Abadi (Author), Homa Hajjaran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of the most important neglected tropical diseases and a major public health challenge in Iran caused by Leishmania spp and transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies. The number of CL cases has shown an increasing pattern all over the country, including th...