Genetic diversity of human zoonotic leishmaniasis in Iberian Peninsula

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 234-237

  Cortes, S ^a   Chicharro, C ^b   Cruz, I ^b   Cristovao J M ^a   Canavate C ^b   Campino, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Leishmania infantum; Portugal; Spain

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 79955863962     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01374.x     Document Type: Article

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