Inference of population structure of leishmania donovani strains isolated from different ethiopian visceral leishmaniasis endemic areas

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Gelanew, Tesfaye ^a,b   Kuhls, Katrin ^a   Hurissa, Zewdu ^c   Weldegebreal, Teklu ^d   Hailu, Workagegnehu ^c   Kassahun, Aysheshm ^b   Abebe, Tamrat ^b   Hailu, Asrat ^b   Schönian, Gabriele ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^d Arba Minch Hospital   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; INFECTION CONTROL; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 78649780392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000889     Document Type: Article

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