Coinfection of Leptomonas seymouri and Leishmania donovani in Indian leishmaniasis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2774-2778

  Ghosh, Susmita ^a   Banerjee, Priyanka ^b   Sarkar, Avijit ^a   Datta, Simanti ^b   Chatterjee, Mitali ^a  

^a Department of Pharmacology   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEPTOMONAS SEYMOURI; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TRYPANOSOMA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COINFECTION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EUGLENOZOA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRYPANOSOMATINA; YOUNG ADULT;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEPTOMONAS SEYMOURI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 84864414638     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00966-12     Document Type: Article

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