Biochemical and molecular characterization of Leishmania parasites isolated from an endemic focus in eastern Sudan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 120-122

  Oskam, L ^a   Pratlong, F ^b   Zijlstra, E E ^c,d   Kroon, C C M ^a   Dedet, J P ^b   Kager, P A ^c   Schonian G ^e   Ghalib, H W ^d,f   El Hassan, A M ^d   Meredith, S E O ^a,g  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g Mectizan Donation Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Leishmania archibaldi; Leishmania donovani; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniasis; Polymerase chain reaction; Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis; Southern blotting; Sudan; Visceral leishmaniasis; Zymodemes

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA ARCHIBALDI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 13144260743     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90982-8     Document Type: Article

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