The strange case of Leishmania chagasi

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 188-189

  Mauricio I L ^a   Stothard, J R ^b   Miles, M A ^a  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AFRICA; AMERICAS; ANIMALS; DNA PROBES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EUROPE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 0034191880     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01637-9     Document Type: Note

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