Polymerase chain reaction-based identification of New World Leishmania species complexes by specific kDNA probes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-293

  Breniere S F ^a   Telleria, J ^b   Bosseno, M F ^a   Buitrago, R ^b   Bastrenta, B ^a   Cuny, G ^a   Banuls, A L ^a   Brewster, S ^c   Barker, D C ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c Dept Pathol Tennis Ct Rd C ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA hybridisation; Kinetoplast; Leishmania genera; Phylogeny; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA; KINETOPLAST DNA;

DNA; HEALTH CARE; LEISHMANIASIS; MONITORING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PROBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; DNA, KINETOPLAST; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0344718062     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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