Causes of Pediatric Visceral Leishmaniasis in Southeastern Iran

Leishmania infantum is the most frequent cause of visceral leishmaniasis and L. tropica has been rarely linked to the disease in Iran. In this study, bone marrow aspirates were collected from 10 child patients, suspected with visceral leishmaniasis referred to the Pediatric Wards of Kerman Medical H...

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Autores principales: HOSSEININASAB, Ali, SHARIFI, Iraj, DAEI, Mohammad Hossein, ZAREAN, Mehdi, DADKHAH, Mahsa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25759741
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author HOSSEININASAB, Ali
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description Leishmania infantum is the most frequent cause of visceral leishmaniasis and L. tropica has been rarely linked to the disease in Iran. In this study, bone marrow aspirates were collected from 10 child patients, suspected with visceral leishmaniasis referred to the Pediatric Wards of Kerman Medical Hospitals, Kerman, Iran during 2002–2011. Leishmania species were identified by using nested PCR in all slides. The PCR samples from nine patients indicated L. infantum as principal causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis and one L.tropica as a minor species.
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spelling pubmed-43450992015-03-10 Causes of Pediatric Visceral Leishmaniasis in Southeastern Iran HOSSEININASAB, Ali SHARIFI, Iraj DAEI, Mohammad Hossein ZAREAN, Mehdi DADKHAH, Mahsa Iran J Parasitol Short Communication Leishmania infantum is the most frequent cause of visceral leishmaniasis and L. tropica has been rarely linked to the disease in Iran. In this study, bone marrow aspirates were collected from 10 child patients, suspected with visceral leishmaniasis referred to the Pediatric Wards of Kerman Medical Hospitals, Kerman, Iran during 2002–2011. Leishmania species were identified by using nested PCR in all slides. The PCR samples from nine patients indicated L. infantum as principal causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis and one L.tropica as a minor species. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4345099/ /pubmed/25759741 Text en Copyright: © Iranian Journal of Parasitology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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