Leishmania donovani complex (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae): Comparison of deoxyribonucleic acid based techniques for typing of isolates from Ethiopia

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-208

  Gadisa, E ^a   Kuru, T ^b   Genet, A ^c   Engers, H ^a   Aseffa, A ^a   Gedamu, L ^b  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Amhara Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

CpbE F; Ethiopia; K26; Leishmania donovani complex; PCR RFLP; T2 B4

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN CPBE; PROTEIN CPBF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; KENYA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUDAN;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 77955275494     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.04.026     Document Type: Article

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