A revised classification for Leishmania and Endotrypanum

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 142-144

  Cupolillo, E ^a   Medina Acosta, E ^b   Noyes, H ^c   Momen, H ^a   Grimaldi, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SLOTHS; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

ENDOTRYPANUM; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0034177399     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01609-9     Document Type: Note

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