Open AccessIdentification of Leishmania species by kinetoplast DNA-polymerase chain reaction for the first time in Khaf district, Khorasan-e-Razavi province, Iran
Author(s) -
Abdolmajid Fata,
Salehi Sangani Ghodratollah,
Rafatpanah Hushang,
Mojtaba Mousavi Bazzaz,
Mohammad Ali Mohaghegh,
Movahedi Abdolghayoum
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
tropical parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.418
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2229-7758
pISSN - 2229-5070
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5070.145587
Subject(s) - kinetoplast , polymerase chain reaction , identification (biology) , leishmania , dna barcoding , biology , dna , genetics , evolutionary biology , parasite hosting , botany , gene , computer science , world wide web
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an endemic parasitic skin disease in many parts of Iran including Khorasan province. Both clinical forms of the disease, anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) and zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) are present in this province. However, leishmaniasis molecular map is determined in four cities of Khorasan, but several foci still are remained unknown.