Visceral leishmaniasis from Bal'a, Palestine, caused by Leishmania donovani s.l. identified through polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-128

  Qubain, Hani I ^a   Saliba, Elias K ^a   Oskam, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bal'a; Leishmania donovani; Palestine; PCR; RFLP; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PALESTINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0030868779     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00082-X     Document Type: Article

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