Population structure of Tunisian Leishmania infantum and evidence for the existence of hybrids and gene flow between genetically different populations

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 801-811

  Chargui, Najla ^a   Amro, Ahmad ^b,g   Haouas, Najoua ^a   Schönian, Gabriele ^b   Babba, Hamouda ^a   Schmidt, Sonja ^b   Ravel, Christophe ^c   Lefebvre, Michele ^c   Bastien, Patrick ^c   Chaker, Emna ^d   Aoun, Karim ^e   Zribi, Mohamed ^f   Kuhls, Katrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^g AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Hybrids; Leishmania infantum; Microsatellites; Molecular epidemiology; Population genetics; Recombination; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYBRID; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PARASITE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HYBRID GENE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHIMERA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 63649147630     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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