PCR-RFLP of ribosomal internal transcribed spacers highlights inter and intra-species variation among Leishmania strains native to La Paz, Bolivia

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-563

  Buitrago, Rosio ^a   Cupolillo, Elisa ^b   Bastrenta, Brigitte ^c   Le Pont, Francois ^a   Martinez, Eddy ^d,e   Barnabé, Christian ^c   Brenière, Simone Frédérique ^a  

^a Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Leishmania; MLEE; Pathology; RFLP ITS rRNA genes

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; INFANT; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA LAINSONI; MALE; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CONEPATUS CHINGA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA LAINSONI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79953091334     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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