Detection, molecular typing and phylogenetic analysis of Leishmania isolated from cases of leishmaniasis among Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Leishmania is a parasitic protozoan with more than two-dozen species causing the disease leishmaniasis. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected female phlebotomine sand-fly vector. In the past two years the incidence of leishmaniasis has been drastically increasing in Lebanon. Th...

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Main Authors: Tamara Salloum, Ibrahim Khalifeh, Sima Tokajian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:Parasite Epidemiology and Control
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405673115300477

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