Use of PCR-RFLP to identify Leishmania species in naturally-infected dogs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 231-238

  de Andrade, Hélida Monteiro ^a   Reis, Alexandre Barbosa ^b   dos Santos, Sara Lopes ^a   Volpini, Ângela Cristina ^a   Marques, Marcos José ^c   Romanha, Alvaro José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis of visceral Leishmaniasis; Dogs; Identification; Leishmania; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; DOG; GIEMSA STAIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIASIS; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SPLEEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750688821     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.031     Document Type: Article

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