Molecular fingerprinting of Leishmania infantum strains following an outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis in central Israel

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6054-6059

  Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^a   Baneth, Gad ^b   Schönian, Gabriele ^c   Kanaan, Moein ^d   Jaffe, Charles L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d BETHLEHEM UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG; EPIDEMIC; GENE LOCUS; GENE PROBE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 30744438356     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6054-6059.2005     Document Type: Article

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