ThreeLeishmania/L.species –L. infantum,L. major,L. tropica– as causative agents of mucosal leishmaniasis in Iran
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Mixed mucosal leishmaniasis infection caused by Leishmania tropica and Leishmania
26 Mixed infection by different Leishmania species could explain differences in the clinical 27 course of these infections. On identification of Leishmania parasites from Iranian patients 28 with mucosal leishmaniasis (ML), a patient with both oral and nasal lesions was found to be 29 concomitantly infected with L. tropica and L. major. Mixed infection was identified by PCR 30 amplification of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pathogens and Global Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2047-7724,2047-7732
DOI: 10.1179/2047773213y.0000000098