Identification of Mexican Leishmania species by analysis of PCR amplified DNA

Acta Tropica

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-153

  Hernandez Montes, Omar ^a   Monroy Ostria, Amalia ^a   McCann, Sharon ^b   Barker, Douglas C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b Molteno Labs   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA analysis; Identification; Mexican Leishmania species

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA;

EID: 0032531189     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00057-6     Document Type: Article

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