Multifarious characterization of Leishmania tropica from a Judean desert focus, exposing intraspecific diversity and incriminating Phlebotomus sergenti as its vector

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 364-372

  Schnur, Lionel F ^a   Nasereddin, Abdelmageed ^a   Eisenberger, Carol L ^a   Jaffe, Charles L ^a   El Fari, Mustafa ^b   Azmi, Kifayia ^c   Anders, Gerlind ^a   Killick Kendrick, Mireille ^d   Killick Kendrick, Robert ^d   Dedet, Jean Paul ^e   Pratlong, Francine ^e   Kanaan, Moien ^f   Grossman, Tamar ^a   Jacobson, Raymond L ^a   Schonian, Gabrielle ^b   Warburg, Alon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Centre National de Référence des Leishmania   (France)

^f BETHLEHEM UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BITE; DESERT; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; SEROTYPE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN NODULE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

CRICETINAE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 11144358323     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.364     Document Type: Article

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