Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) of strains from Turkey and cyprus reveals a novel monophyletic L. donovani Sensu Lato group

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Gouzelou, Evi ^a   Haralambous, Christos ^a   Amro, Ahmad ^b   Mentis, Andreas ^a   Pratlong, Francine ^c   Dedet, Jean Pierre ^c   Votypka, Jan ^d   Volf, Petr ^d   Toz, Seray Ozensoy ^e   Kuhls, Katrin ^f   Schönian, Gabriele ^f   Soteriadou, Ketty ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CYPRUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI MON 1; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI MON 308; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI MON 309; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI MON 37; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MODEL; MONOPHYLY; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TURKEY(REPUBLIC); VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYPRUS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TURKEY;

EID: 84857866348     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001507     Document Type: Article

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