Leishmania donovani: Intraspecific polymorphisms of Sudanese isolates revealed by PCR-based analyses and DNA sequencing

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-44

  El Tai, Nahla O ^a   El Fari, Mustafa ^b   Mauricio, Isabel ^c   Miles, Michael A ^c   Oskam, Linda ^d   El Safi, Sayda H ^e   Presber, Wolfgang H ^b   Schönian, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SUDAN;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 0034770821     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.2001.4592     Document Type: Article

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