First report on molecular characterization of Leishmania species from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
Author(s) -
Mubashir Hussain,
Shahzad Munir,
Sultan Ayaz,
Bahar Ullah Khattak,
Taj Ali Khan,
Niaz Muhammad,
Muhammad Anees,
Hazır Rahman,
Muhammad Qasim,
Muhammad Ameen Jamal,
Irfan Ahmed,
Kashif Rahim,
Humaira Mazhar,
Noha Watanay,
Mohamed Kasbari
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.491
H-Index - 52
ISSN - 1995-7645
DOI - 10.1016/j.apjtm.2017.07.015
Subject(s) - khyber pakhtunkhwa , leishmania tropica , cutaneous leishmaniasis , leishmaniasis , leishmania major , internal transcribed spacer , amastigote , veterinary medicine , leishmania , biology , virology , ribosomal rna , medicine , genetics , gene , parasite hosting , socioeconomics , world wide web , sociology , computer science
To report presence of Leishmania major in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, where cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is endemic and was thought to be caused by Leishmania tropica only.
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