Molecular epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Asia (focus on cutaneous infections)

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-130

  Katakura, Ken ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Epidemiology; Microsatellite; Sandfly; South and southeast asia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; POPULATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES; SRI LANKA; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; ASIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 63849107114     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e3283229ff2     Document Type: Article

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