DNA sequencing confirms the involvement of Leishmania (L.) amazonensis in American tegumentary leishmaniasis in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Clinics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-456

  Medeiros, Angela Rapela ^a   Silva Jr , Wilson A ^b   Roselino, Ana Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

L. (L.) amazonensis; L. (V.) braziliensis; Leishmaniasis; Molecular epidemiology; Phylogenetic analysis; Tegumentary

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 50449107838     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322008000400007     Document Type: Article

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