Leishmania donovani persistence and circulation causing cutaneous leishmaniasis in unusual-foci of Nepal

Abstract Cutaneous leishmaniasis cases have increased dramatically in recent years in Nepal. The study offers molecular identification of the Leishmania species using 40 patient’s aspiration biopsy samples, targeting markers kinetoplast minicircle DNA (kDNA) and internal transcribed spacer-1 (ITS1)....

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Main Authors: Tinmaya Rai, Srijan Shrestha, Sabita Prajapati, Anup Bastola, Niraj Parajuli, Pragya Gautam Ghimire, Parmananda Bhandari, Kishor Pandey, Manju Jain, Greg Matlashewski, Rachel Bras-Goncalves, Krishna Das Manandhar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37458-6