Genetic heterogeneity in the species Leishmania tropica revealed by different PCR-based methods

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-224

  Schönian, Gabriele ^a   Schnur, Lionel ^b   El Fari, Mustafa ^a   Oskam, Linda ^c   Kolesnikov, Alexandr A ^d   Sokolowska Köhler, Wanda ^a   Presber, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Genetic analysis; Heterogeneity; Internal transcribed spacer; Leishmania killicki; Leishmania tropica; PCR fingerprinting; PCR RFLP; PCR SSCP

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA KILLICKI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TYPE STRAIN;

LEISHMANIA KILLICKI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035295405     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90173-7     Document Type: Article

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