Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is the prevalente species infecting patients with tegumentary leishmaniasis from Mato Grosso State, Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-285

  Carvalho, Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro ^a   de Andrade, Antero Silva Ribeiro ^b   Fontes, Cor Jesus Fernandes ^c   Hueb, Márcia ^c   de Oliveira Silva, Soraia ^a   Melo, Maria Norma ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO JÚLIO MÜLLER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American tegumentary leishmaniasis; Brazil; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Mato Grosso

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RATE; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TEGUMENTARY LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PHYLOGENY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; SOUTH AMERICA;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; VIANNIA;

EID: 33745991130     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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