Palestinian infantile visceral leishmaniasis caused by a genetic variant of Leishmania infantum belonging to a new zymodeme

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 618-620

  Bader, Khaldoun A ^a,b   Schnur, Lionel F ^a   Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^a   Pratlong, Francine ^a,c   Dedet, Jean Pierre ^c   Shaheen, Loay ^d   Yousef, Obaida ^b   Greenblatt, Charles L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d Al Watany Hospital   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Isoenzyme analysis; Leishmania infantum; Palestinian authority; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN RSAI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PALESTINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESERVOIR; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SERODIAGNOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE; WORLD;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 20444367313     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01419.x     Document Type: Article

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