Polymorphism in the HASPB Repeat Region of East African Leishmania donovani Strains

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zackay, Arie ^a   Nasereddin, Abdelmajeed ^a   Takele, Yegnasew ^b   Tadesse, Dagimawie ^c   Hailu, Workagegnehu ^b   Hurissa, Zewdu ^b   Yifru, Sisay ^b   Weldegebreal, Teklu ^c   Diro, Ermias ^b   Kassahun, Aysheshm ^d   Hailu, Asrat ^e   Jaffe, Charles L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c Arba Minch Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; PROTEIN HASPB; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84873503866     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002031     Document Type: Article

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