Molecular tracking of infections by Leishmania infantum

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 104-107

  Morales, M A ^a   Chicharro, C ^a   Ares, M ^a   Canavate C ^a   Barker, D G ^b   Alvar, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Isoenzyme classification; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniasis; Length polymorphism; Restriction fragment; Spain; Zymodeme

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ISOENZYME; KINETOPLAST DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REINFECTION; RELAPSE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; THEORY;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0035725193     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90352-9     Document Type: Article

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