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High genome plasticity and frequent genetic exchange in Leishmania tropica isolates from Afghanistan, Iran and Syria
BACKGROUND: The kinetoplastid protozoan Leishmania tropica mainly causes cutaneous leishmaniasis in humans in the Middle East, and relapse or treatment failure after treatment are common in this area. L. tropica’s digenic life cycle includes distinct stages in the vector sandfly and the mammalian ho...
Autores principales: | Glans, Hedvig, Lind Karlberg, Maria, Advani, Reza, Bradley, Maria, Alm, Erik, Andersson, Björn, Downing, Tim |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8754299/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34968388 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010110 |
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