Population structures of Leishmania infantum and Leishmania tropica the causative agents of kala-azar in Southwest Iran

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in Iran and is caused predominantly by Leishmania infantum, but L. tropica is emerging as an important cause. We studied the intra-species population structure of Leishmania spp. causing VL in southwest Iran by sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spac...

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Main Authors: Ghatee, M, Mirhendi, H, Karamian, M, Taylor, W, Sharifi, I, Hosseinzadeh, M, Kanannejad, Z
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2018