Species diversity of Leishmania (Viannia) parasites circulating in an endemic area for cutaneous leishmaniasis located in the Atlantic rainforest region of northeastern Brazil

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1278-1286

  Brito, Maria Edileuza F ^a   Andrade, Maria S ^a   Mendonça, Mitzi G ^b   Silva, Cláudio J ^c   Almeida, Ericka L ^a   Lima, Bruna S ^a   Félix, Simone M ^a   Abath, Frederico G C ^a   Da Graça, Grazielle C ^a   Porrozzi, Renato ^a   Ishikawa, Edna A ^d   Shaw, Jeffrey J ^e   Cupolillo, Elisa ^a   Brandão Filho, Sinval P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c Núcleo de Vigilância A Saúde e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

L. (V.) braziliensis; L. (V.) shawi; Leishmania; Leishmaniasis; MLEE; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

CLASSIFICATION; COEXISTENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CRICETINAE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA SHAWI; LUTZOMYIA WHITMANI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; RODENTIA; VIANNIA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349235629     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02361.x     Document Type: Article

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