RFLPs of ITS, ITS1 and hsp70 amplicons and sequencing of ITS1 of recent clinical isolates of Kala-azar from India and Bangladesh confirms the association of L. tropica with the disease

Acta Tropica

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-234

  Khanra, Supriya ^a   Datta, Sanchita ^a   Mondal, Dinesh ^b   Saha, Partha ^c   Bandopadhyay, Subir K ^d   Roy, Syamal ^e   Manna, Madhumita ^a  

^a BETHUNE COLLEGE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^d CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Indian Kala azar; ITS1 sequencing; L. tropica; Leishmania donovani; Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

GENETIC MARKER; HOMOLOGY; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HSP72 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BANGLADESH; INDIA;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 84867002737     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.08.017     Document Type: Article

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