Leishmania and Sauroleishmania: The use of random amplified polymorphic DNA for the identification of parasites from vertebrates and invertebrates

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 150-154

  Motazedian, H ^a,c   Noyes, H ^a   Maingon, R ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

L. infantum; L. major; L. tropica; Leishmania; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; S. gymnnodactyli; S. tarentolae; Sauroleishmania; Sergentomyia; Tatera; Trypanosomatidae DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030176178     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0059     Document Type: Article

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