KDNA genetic signatures obtained by LSSP-PCR analysis of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum isolated from the New and the Old World

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Alvarenga, Janaína Sousa Campos ^a   Ligeiro, Carla Maia ^a   Gontijo, Célia Maria Ferreira ^b   Cortes, Sofia ^c   Campino, Lenea ^c   Vago, Annamaria Ravara ^a   Melo, Maria Norma ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC STRAIN; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LOW STRINGENCY SINGLE SPECIFIC PRIMER POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84865067674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043363     Document Type: Article

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