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Volume 24, Number 11—November 2018
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Leishmaniasis in Northern Syria during Civil War

Khalid Rehman, Julia Walochnik, Johannes Mischlinger, Bodour Alassil, Richard Allan, and Michael RamharterComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (K. Rehman, J. Walochnik, J. Mischlinger, M. Ramharter); Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany (J. Mischlinger, M. Ramharter); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg (J. Mischlinger, M. Ramharter); The MENTOR Initiative, West Sussex, UK (B. Alassil, R. Allan)

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Figure 3

A) Results of K26 PCR assay (13) on patient samples identified as belonging to the Leishmania infantum/donovani complex in study of leishmaniasis control programs in northern Syria. Lane 1, step marker; lanes 2 and 3, L. infantum strain 268 with 3 and 6 μL of DNA, respectively; lane 4, L. donovani strain 275 with 3 μL of DNA. B) Results of K26 PCR assay (13) on patient samples identified as belonging to the Leishmania infantum/donovani complex in study of leishmaniasis control programs in northe

Figure 3. A) Results of K26 PCR assay (13) on patient samples identified as belonging to the Leishmania infantum/donovani complex in study of leishmaniasis control programs in northern Syria. Lane 1, step marker; lanes 2 and 3, L. infantum strain 268 with 3 and 6 μL of DNA, respectively; lane 4, L. donovani strain 275 with 3 μL of DNA. B) Results of K26 PCR assay (13) on patient samples identified as belonging to the Leishmania infantum/donovani complex in study of leishmaniasis control programs in northern Syria. Lane 1, step marker; lanes 2 and 3, L. infantum strain 278 with 3 and 6 μL of DNA, respectively.

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