The identification of sandfly species, from an area of Argentina with endemic leishmaniasis, by the PCR-based analysis of the gene coding for 18S ribosomal RNA

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-253

  Barroso, P A ^a   Marco, J D ^a,b   Kato, H ^c   Tarama, R ^c   Rueda, P ^d   Cajal, S P ^d   Basombrio M A ^b   Korenaga, M ^a   Taranto, N J ^d   Hashiguchi, Y ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Universidad Nacional de Salta Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; RNA 18S;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSYCHODIDAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 34547769924     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X156988     Document Type: Article

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