Spatio-temporal Genetic Structuring of Leishmania major in Tunisia by Microsatellite Analysis.

• Main Authors: Myriam Harrabi (Author), Jihène Bettaieb (Author), Wissem Ghawar (Author), Amine Toumi (Author), Amor Zaâtour (Author), Rihab Yazidi (Author), Sana Chaâbane (Author), Bilel Chalghaf (Author), Mallorie Hide (Author), Anne-Laure Bañuls (Author), Afif Ben Salah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In Tunisia, cases of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major are increasing and spreading from the south-west to new areas in the center. To improve the current knowledge on L. major evolution and population dynamics, we performed multi-locus microsatellite typing of human isolat...