The problem of mixing up of Leishmania isolates in the laboratory: Suggestion of ITS1 gene sequencing for verification of species

Iranian Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-48

  Mahmoudzadeh Niknam, H ^a   Abrishami, F ^a   Doroudian, M ^a   Moradi, M ^a   Alimohammadian, M H ^a   Parvizi, P ^a   Hatam, Gh R ^b   Mohebali, M ^c   Khalaj, V ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crithidia; Internal transcribed spacer (ITS); Isoenzyme electrophoresis; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CRITHIDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENBANK; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IRAN; LABORATORY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CRITHIDIA;

EID: 79953018135     PISSN: 17357020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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