Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and cytochrome B gene sequencing-based identification of Leishmania isolates from different foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Pakistan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-266

  Marco, Jorge D ^a   Bhutto, Abdul M ^b   Soomro, Farooq R ^c   Baloch, Javed H ^c   Barroso, Paola A ^a   Kato, Hirotomo ^d   Uezato, Hiroshi ^e   Katakura, Ken ^f   Korenaga, Masataka ^a   Nonaka, Shigeo ^e   Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b CMC Hospital ^*  (Pakistan)

^c CMC Hospital   (Pakistan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; ENZYME; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; MALE; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STANDARD;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33748745129     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.261     Document Type: Article

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