Homa Hajjaran

Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

[ 2 ] - Inter- and Intraspecific Variations of Leishmania Strains Isolated from Patients with Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniases in Fars Province, South of Iran

Background: Cutaneous and visceral leishmaniases are present in Fars Province in the south of Iran. The current study aimed to evaluate the inter- and intragenic diversities of Leishmania species isolated from patients with leishmaniasis in Fars Province, using PCR-based analyses and DNA sequencing of  the N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase (nagt) gene.Methods: Clinical samples were ta...