Development of a molecular assay specific for the Leishmania donovani complex that discriminates L. donovani/Leishmania infantum zymodemes: a useful tool for typing MON-1

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-42

  Haralambous, Christos ^a   Antoniou, Maria ^b   Pratlong, Francine ^c   Dedet, Jean Pierre ^c   Soteriadou, Ketty ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

K26; Leishmania donovani; Leishmania infantum; MLEE; MON 1; MON 98; Typing

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC STRAIN; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, STARCH GEL; ENZYMES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 37049027668     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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