Attempt to differentiate Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis, L. (L.) chagasi, Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and L. (V.) guyanensis using the SSR-PCR technique

Parasitology Research

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1056-1059

  Volpini, Angela ^a   Azeredo Passos, Valéria ^b   Romanha, Alvaro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034767525     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360100469     Document Type: Article

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