Sequence analysis and PCR-RFLP profiling of the hsp70 gene as a valuable tool for identifying Leishmania species associated with human leishmaniasis in Brazil

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-83

  da Silva, Leonardo Alves ^a   de Sousa, Cíntia dos Santos ^a   da Graça, Grazielle Cardoso ^a   Porrozzi, Renato ^a   Cupolillo, Elisa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotyping; hsp70; Leishmania; MLEE; Molecular typing; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72149116705     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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