Multilocus microsatellite typing shows three different genetic clusters of Leishmania major in Iran

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 937-942

  Mahnaz, Tashakori ^a   Al Jawabreh, Amer ^b,c   Kuhls, Katrin ^c   Schönian, Gabriele ^b  

^a RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Leishmania Research Unit   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Genetic cluster; Iran; Leishmania major; Microsatilltes

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MIDDLE EAST; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI;

EID: 80052388235     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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