Screening sandflies for natural infection with Leishmania donovani, using a non-radioactive probe based on the total DNA of the parasite

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 447-451

  Dinesh, D S ^a   Kar, S K ^a   Kishore, K ^a   Palit, A ^a   Verma, N ^a   Gupta, K ^a   Chauhan, D S ^a   Singh, D ^a   Sharma, V D ^a   Katoch, V M ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PHLEBOTOMUS;

EID: 0033886123     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.2000.11813563     Document Type: Article

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