Identification of leishmania species causing cutaneous leishmaniasis using real-time PCR in Iraq

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International Journal of Development Research

Identification of leishmania species causing cutaneous leishmaniasis using real-time PCR in Iraq

Abstract: 

A total of 60 suspected cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) cases were diagnosed during the period from December, 2013 to February, 2014 with females representing 67% of the cases. The incidence rate with CL was 88.3% by using Real-Time PCR. Fourty -two (70%) of isolates from different patients were typed as L. major and 11 (18.3%) of isolates were typed as L.tropica while 7 (11.7%) of cases were gave negative results. The present investigation revealed that the highest number of patients 24 (40%) was in age group (10 and less) year. Clinically, Our results showed that 26(43%) of CL patients were had single lesion and 34(57%) had multiple lesions, most of them 45(75%) in arm. The highest incidence of disease 39(65%) was observed in rural areas, and the lowest incidence rate 21(35%) was in urban areas. The statistical analyses were carried out with Minitab version.

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