| phylogenetic structure of leishmania tropica in the new endemic focus birjand in east iran in comparison to other iranian endemic regions. | iran has been identified being among the countries with the highest number of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) cases. south khorasan province in east iran is an emerging focus of cl. species identification of sixty clinical samples by its1 pcr-rflp presented evidence for the dominance of leishmania tropica (90%) in this region. analysis of the its1 sequence of 19 l. tropica isolates revealed seven closely related sequence types. in addition, its1 sequences available in genbank from other iranian reg ... | 2016 | 26899681 |