Evidence for hybridization by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and random amplified polymorphic DNA between Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania panamensis/guyanensis in Ecuador

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 408-411

  Bañuls, Anne Laure ^a   Guerrini, Francoise ^a   Le Pont, Francois ^b   Barrera, Cesar ^c   Espinel, Ivan ^c   Guderian, Ronald ^c   Echeverria, Ramiro ^d   Tibayrenc, Michel ^a  

^a Inst Francais Rech Sci pour le D   (France)

^b Services Scientifiques Centraux   (France)

^c HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

^d Hospital Universitario Eugenio Espejo   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Clonality; Epidemiology; Genetic exchange; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS;

EID: 1842338716     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05716.x     Document Type: Article

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