Kinetoplast DNA heterogeneity among Leishmania infantum strains in central Israel and Palestine

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 126-130

  Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^a,b,c   Azmi, Kifaya ^a   Jaffe, Charles L ^b   Ereqat, Suheir ^a   Amro, Ahmad ^a,c   Sawalhah, Samer ^a   Baneth, Gad ^b   Schönian, Gabriele ^c   Abdeen, Ziad ^a  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Israel; Kinetoplast DNA; Leishmania infantum; Palestine; Polymerase chain reaction; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; PALESTINE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; GENETIC VARIATION; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHYLOGENY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 63149107860     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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