Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) reveals genetic homogeneity of Leishmania donovani strains in the Indian subcontinent

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-31

  Alam, Mohammad Zahangir ^a,b   Kuhls, Katrin ^a   Schweynoch, Carola ^a   Sundar, Shyam ^c   Rijal, Suman ^d   Shamsuzzaman, Abul Khair M ^e   Raju, Balaraju Venkata Subba ^f   Salotra, Poonam ^f   Dujardin, Jean Claude ^g   Schönian, Gabriele ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^e MYMENSINGH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^f SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL CAMPUS   (India)

^g INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Homogeneity; Indian subcontinent; Leishmania donovani; Microsatellite; Population genetics; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; KENYA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS MICROSATELLITE TYPING; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SRI LANKA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ASIA, WESTERN; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MARKOV CHAINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 57649134465     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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