Molecular characterization of Leishmania infection in sand flies from Al-madinah Al-munawarah province, western Saudi Arabia

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-215

  El Beshbishy, Hesham A ^a,b   Al Ali, Khalil H ^a   El Badry, Ayman A ^c  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Al madinah Al munawarah; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishamnia major; Leishmania tropica; PCR; Sand flies

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; MINICIRCLE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSYCHODIDAE; SAUDI ARABIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI;

EID: 84876325460     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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