Population genetics of Leishmania infantum in Israel and the Palestinian Authority through microsatellite analysis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 484-492

  Amro, Ahmad ^a,c   Schönian, Gabriele ^a   Al Sharabati, Mohamed Barakat ^b   Azmi, Kifaya ^c   Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^c,d   Abdeen, Ziad ^c   Schnur, Lionel F ^d   Baneth, Gad ^d,e   Jaffe, Charles L ^d   Kuhls, Katrin ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Al Ahli Hospital   (Palestine)

^c AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Leishmania infantum; microsatellite typing; polymorphism; population genetics, molecular epidemiology; visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOG; EUROPE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARABS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 64749112778     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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