Detection and identification of Leishmania species within naturally infected sand flies in the andean areas of ecuador by a polymerase chain reaction

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Kato, Hirotomo ^a   Uezato, Hiroshi ^b   Katakura, Ken ^c   Calvopiña, Manuel ^d   Marco, Jorge D ^d   Barroso, Paola A ^d   Gomez, Eduardo A ^e   Mimori, Tatsuyuki ^f   Korenaga, Masataka ^d   Iwata, Hiroyuki ^a   Nonaka, Shigeo ^b   Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa ^d  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^f KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; PROTOZOAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA; KINETOPLAST DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; ECUADOR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INFECTION RATE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LUTZOMYIA AYACUCHENSIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ECUADOR; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 17644367163     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.87     Document Type: Article

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