Genetic polymorphism of Algerian Leishmania infantum strains revealed by multilocus microsatellite analysis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 12-13, 2008, Pages 1309-1315

  Seridi, Nabila ^a,b   Amro, Ahmad ^c   Kuhls, Katrin ^c   Belkaid, Miloud ^b   Zidane, Charef ^d   Al Jawabreh, Amer ^c,e   Schönian, Gabriele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d CHU Mustapha   (Algeria)

^e Leishmania Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Algeria; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania infantum; Microsatellite typing; polymorphism; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOST; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ALGERIA; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 54849408146     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.07.031     Document Type: Article

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