Isoenzymatic variability of Leishmania infantum in Tunisia concerning 254 human strains

Acta Tropica

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-136

  Kallel, K ^a,c   Pratlong, F ^b   Haouas, N ^c   Kaouech, E ^a,c   Belhadj, S ^a   Anane, S ^a   Dedet, J P ^b   Babba, H ^c   Chaker, E ^a,c  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leishmania infantum; Tunisia; Zymodemes

Indexed keywords

ENZYME VARIANT; ISOENZYME;

CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOG; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUNISIA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TUNISIA;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 43049087345     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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