Genetic diversity among Leishmania (Viannia) parasites

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 617-626

  Cupolillo, E ^a   Grimaldi Jr , G ^a   Momen, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030799373     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989760716     Document Type: Article

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