PMID: 25759741Mar 12, 2015Paper

Causes of pediatric visceral leishmaniasis in southeastern iran

Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Ali HosseininasabMahsa Dadkhah

Abstract

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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