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The changing profile of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a focus of the disease in Jahrom district, southern Iran

M. H. DavamiDepartment of Medical Microbiology Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom , Iran
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M. H. MotazedianCentre of Basic Research in Infectious Diseases, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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B. SarkariCentre of Basic Research in Infectious Diseases, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;, Email: [email protected]
Pages 377-382 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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