First detection and genetic typing of Leishmania infantum MON-24 in a dog from the Moroccan Mediterranean coast: Genetic diversity of MON-24

Acta Tropica

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-79

  Haralambous, C ^a   Dakkak, A ^b   Pratlong, F ^c   Dedet, J P ^c   Soteriadou, K ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Canine; Genotyping; Leishmania infantum; MON 24; Morocco; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

CANID; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE VECTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LEISHMANIASIS; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; DOG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MOROCCO; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOROCCO; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; RIF;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 34447509721     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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