Leishmania mini-exon genes for molecular epidemiology of leishmaniasis in China and Ecuador

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 393-399

  Katakura, Ken ^a,g   Kawazu, Shin Ichiro ^b,h   Sanjyoba, Chizu ^c   Naya, Toshimitsu ^c   Matsumoto, Yoshitsugu ^c   Ito, Mamoru ^d   Nagakura, Koichi ^e   Aikawa, Masamichi ^e   Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa ^f  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

^e TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^g GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Epidemiology; Mini exon gene; PCR; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CHINA; ECUADOR; EXON; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MARROW; CHINA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ECUADOR; EXONS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032222631     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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