Typing of four genetic loci discriminates among closely related species of New World Leishmania

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-362

  Tsukayama, Pablo ^a   Lucas, Carmen ^a   Bacon, David J ^a  

^a California   (Peru)

Author keywords

Leishmania (Viannia); Leishmaniasis; MLEE; Sequence based typing

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLATE; POLYMORPHISM;

6PGD GENE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GPI GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MDH GENE; MPI GENE; MUCOSAL DISEASE; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58549085751     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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