Leishmaniasis in Turkey: Molecular characterization of Leishmania from human and canine clinical samples

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1401-1406

  Toz, Seray Ozensoy ^a   Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^b,c   Ozbel, Yusuf ^a   Ertabaklar, Hatice ^d   Culha, Gulnaz ^e   Sevil, Naser ^a   Ziya Alkan, M ^a   Jaffe, Charles L ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Canine leishmaniasis; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania infantum; Leishmania tropica; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DENTAL HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; DOG; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURKEY;

EURASIA; HATAY; TURKEY;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 70350006671     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02384.x     Document Type: Article

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