First report of genetic hybrids between two very divergent Leishmania species: Leishmania infantum and Leishmania major

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1383-1388

  Ravel, Christophe ^a   Cortes, Sofia ^b   Pratlong, Francine ^a   Morio, Florent ^a   Dedet, Jean Pierre ^a   Campino, Lenea ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Genetic hybrid; HIV; Leishmania infantum; Leishmania major; Portugal

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLATE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST; HYBRID; ISOLATED POPULATION; MAMMAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; FEMALE; GENOME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST; HUMAN; HYBRID; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PORTUGAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, STARCH GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749257454     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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