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cutaneous leishmaniasis in nepal: leishmania major as a cause.	nepal is endemic for visceral leishmaniasis; however, recently a solitary report of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) was recorded. the present report describes a cl case in a nepalese woman, initially referred as a case of basal cell carcinoma. histopathological examination, culture and pcr analysis of lesions revealed it to be a case of cl. molecular methods, including kdna pcr, its-1 pcr-rflp and sequence analysis, revealed the species as leishmania major. the patient was cured with sodium stibogl ...	2008	18177679
comment on: cutaneous leishmaniasis in nepal: leishmania major as a cause.		2008	18353409
population structure and geographical subdivision of the leishmania major vector phlebotomus papatasi as revealed by microsatellite variation.	multi-locus microsatellite typing (mlmt) has been employed to infer the population structure of phlebotomus papatasi (scopoli) (diptera: psychodidae) sandflies and assign individuals to populations. phlebotomus papatasi sandflies were collected from 35 sites in 15 countries. a total of 188 p. papatasi individuals were typed using five microsatellite loci, resulting in 113 different genotypes. unique microsatellite signatures were observed for some of the populations analysed. comparable results ...	2009	19239616