Population Structure of Leishmania tropica Causing Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Southern Iran by PCR-RFLP of Kinetoplastid DNA

Figure 1

Map (down to county level) showing the main foci of Leishmania tropica in Iran. Kerman, Bam, Shiraz, Tehran, and Mashhad are the traditional endemic foci (red polygons). Birjand and Yazd have seen recent introductions of L. tropica (pink). L. tropica has not been reported from Esfahan in recent years (yellow).