Isolation and characterization of pathogenic Leishmania turanica from Nesokia indica (Rodentia, Muridae) by PCR-RFLP and ITS1 sequencing in Iran

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1177-1179

  Hajjaran, H ^a   Mohebali, M ^a   Alimoradi, S ^a   Abaei, M R ^a   Edrissian, Gh H ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Leishmania turanica; Nesokia indica; Pathogenicity; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA TURANICA; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NESOKIA INDICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DNA, RECOMBINANT; IRAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA TURANICA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; MURIDAE; MUS; NESOKIA INDICA; RODENTIA;

EID: 70349830351     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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