Molecular characterization of Leishmania species isolated from cutaneous leishmaniasis in yemen

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Mahdy, Mohammed A K ^a,c   Al Mekhlafi, Hesham M ^a,c   Al Mekhlafi, Abdulsalam M ^a   Lim, Yvonne A L ^a   Shuaib, Naemah O M Bin ^b   Azazy, Ahmed A ^c   Mahmud, Rohela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Central Health Laboratory   (Yemen)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; YEMEN; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY;

LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; YEMEN;

EID: 77958505193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012879     Document Type: Article

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