Molecular probes and the polymerase chain reaction for detection and typing of Leishmania species in Mexico

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages S101-

  Monroy Ostria, Amalia ^a,c   Sanchez Tejeda, Gustavo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Col Santa Maria La Ribera ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

DNA hybridization; Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania chagasi; Leishmania mexicana; Leishmaniasis; Mexico; Species identification

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS MEXICANA; VIANNIA;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036338570     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90059-3     Document Type: Article

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