Leishmania (Kinetoplastida): Species typing with isoenzyme and PCR-RFLP from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Ethiopia

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-343

  Gadisa, E ^a   Genetu, A ^d   Kuru, T ^a   Jirata, D ^a   Dagne, K ^b   Aseffa, A ^a   Gedamu, L ^c  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Isoenzyme; Kinetoplastida; Leishmania; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; ISOENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLAGELLATE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA;

EID: 33846561122     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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