Genetic heterogeneity among visceral and post-Kala-Azar dermal leishmaniasis strains from eastern India

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-222

  Dey, Ayan ^a   Singh, Sarman ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Tubulin; Genotypes; Heterogeneity; PKDL; VL

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; TUBULIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 33846611430     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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