Leishmania donovani: Development and characterisation of a kinetoplast DNA probe and its use in the detection of parasites

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-22

  Lambson, Bronwen ^a   Smyth, Audra ^a   Barker, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033959367     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4458     Document Type: Article

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