Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics of Leishmania parasites

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1137-1147

  Banuls A L ^a   Hide, M ^a   Tibayrenc, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Biological concept; Clinic; Clonality; DTU; Epidemiology; Leishmania; Phylogeny; Species

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETICS;

ARTICLE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PHYLOGENY;

LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 4243678908     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00083-1     Document Type: Article

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