Genetic Diversity in Natural Populations of New World Leishmania

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 663-668

  Cupolillo, Elisa ^a   Momen, Hooman ^a   Grimaldi Jr , Gabriel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leishmaniasis; Molecular characterization; New World Leishmania

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; LIFE CYCLE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032151449     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761998000500018     Document Type: Article

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