A nested-PCR-based schizodeme method for identifying Leishmania kinetoplast minicircle classes directly from clinical samples and its application to the study of the epidemiology of Leishmania tropica in Pakistan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2877-2881

  Noyes, Harry A ^a   Reyburn, Hugh ^b   Bailey, J Wendy ^a   Smith, David ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031683618     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.2877-2881.1998     Document Type: Article

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