Is it time to revise the nomenclature of Leishmania?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 466-469

  Schönian, Gabriele ^a   Mauricio, Isabel ^b   Cupolillo, Elisa ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA ARCHIBALDI; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA GARNHAMI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA LAINSONI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA NAIFFI; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; SHORT SURVEY;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LEISHMANIA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956870695     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.06.013     Document Type: Short Survey

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