Isoenzymatic polymorphism of Leishmania infantum in southern Spain

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 228-232

  Martin Sanchez, Joaquina ^a   Gramiccia, Marina ^b   Di Muccio, Trentina ^b   Ludovisi, Alessandra ^b   Morillas Márquez, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hosts; Leishmania infantum; Polymorphism; Spain; Vectors; Zymodemes

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; MICROBIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PSYCHODIDAE; RAT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RATS; SPAIN;

EID: 2442540190     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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