Strain typing in Leishmania donovani by using sequence-confirmed amplified region analysis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1267-1276

  Lewin, Sylke ^a   Schönian, Gabriele ^a   El Tai, Nahla ^a   Oskam, Linda ^b   Bastien, Patrick ^c   Presber, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic markers; Leishmania donovani; Sequence confirmed amplified region analysis

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA MARKER;

GENETIC MARKER;

ALLELISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIPLOIDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; KENYA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUDAN;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 0036711245     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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