Short report: Heterogeneity of Leishmania infantum chagasi kinetoplast DNA in Teresina (Brazil)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 819-821

  Alonso, Diego Peres ^a   Costa, Dorcas Lamounier ^b   De Mendonça, Ivete Lopes ^c   Costa, Carlos Henrique Nery ^b   Ribolla, Paulo Eduardo Martins ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Doencas Tropicais Natan Portella   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; MINICIRCLE DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FLY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM CHAGASI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DOGS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77952709938     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0600     Document Type: Article

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