Molecular detection of Leishmania species in human and animals from cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic areas of Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Molecular detection of Leishmania species in human and animals from cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic areas of Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Objectives: To detect Leishmania species in human patients, animal reservoirs and Phlebotomus sandflies in Waziristan, Pakistan. Methods: Tissue smears and aspirates from 448 cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) suspected patients were analyzed. To sort out role of the reservoir hosts, skin scrapings, splee...

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Main Authors: Mubashir Hussain, Shahzad Munir, Abdullah Jalal, Taj Ali Khan, Niaz Muhammad, Bahar Ullah Khattak, Abdullah Khan, Irfan Ahmed, Zulqarnain Baloch, Nawaz Haider Bashir, Muhammad Ameen Jamal, Kashif Rahim, Humaira Mazhar, Maira Riaz, Noha Watany
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Subjects:
leishmania major
rodents
cutaneous leishmaniasis
domestic animals
its 1 pcr
waziristan
Online Access:http://www.apjtm.org/article.asp?issn=1995-7645;year=2018;volume=11;issue=8;spage=495;epage=500;aulast=Hussain

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