Discrimination of Leishmania braziliensis variants by kDNA signatures produced by LSSP-PCR

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 712-714

  Ferreira, Germano A ^a   Soares, Fábia C S ^a   Vasconcellos, Slanney A ^a   Rodrigues, Eduardo H G ^a   Werkhäuser, Roberto P ^a   De Brito, Maria Edileuza F ^a   Abath, Frederico G C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

DNA; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

EID: 34447122524     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-958R1.1     Document Type: Article

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