| first report on isolation of leishmania tropica from sandflies of a classical urban cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in southern iran. | shiraz district in south of iran is a classical focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) and previous research has consistently documented the etiologic agent to be leishmania tropica and leishmania major in urban and rural areas, respectively. however, none of the phlebotomus sergenti, a known vector for l. tropica, of the region has been found infected. we report the first isolation of l. tropica from sandflies in urban community of southern part of shiraz city. parasite polymerase chain reaction ... | 2010 | 20570590 |