Differentiation of old and new world Leishmania species at complex and species levels by PCR

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 756-758

  Mahboudi, Fereidoun ^a   Abolhassani, Mohsen ^a   Tehrani, Seyed Reza ^a   Azimi, Maryam ^a   Asmar, Mehdi ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18744383896     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000026930     Document Type: Article

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