Molecular markers for species identification in the Leishmania subgenus Viannia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Mendoza León, Alexis ^a,d   Luis, Luis ^a   Fernandes, Octavio ^b   Cupolillo, Elisa ^b   García, Lineth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Leishmania (Viannia) spp.; Leishmaniasis; Molecular marker; tubulin gene; 500 DNA sequence

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA COLOMBIENSIS; LEISHMANIA EQUATORIENS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA COLOMBIENSIS; LEISHMANIA EQUATORENSIS; LEISHMANIA EQUATORIENSIS; PROTOZOA; VIANNIA;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18444382033     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90070-2     Document Type: Article

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