Intra and inter-specific microsatellite variation in the Leishmania subgenus Viannia

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-77

  Russell, Roslin ^a,b   Pilar Iribar, M ^a,b   Lambson, Bronwen ^a   Brewster, Susan ^a   Blackwell, Jenefer M ^a   Dye, Christopher ^b   Ajioka, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Microsatellites; Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; Viannia

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; LEISHMANIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; VIANNIA;

EID: 0032868348     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00117-6     Document Type: Article

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