RAPD method useful for distinguishing Leishmania species: Design of specific primers for L. braziliensis

Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 513-517

  Martinez, E ^a   Alonso, V ^a   Quispe, A ^a   Thomas, M C ^b   Alonso, R ^a   Pinero J E ^a   Gonzalez A C ^a   Ortega, A ^a   Valladares, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leishmania braziliensis; PCR; Primer; RAPD

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PRIMER DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0345865113     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003004104     Document Type: Article

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