American tegumentary leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis: Assessment of parasite genetic variability at intra- and inter-patient levels

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Oliveira, Fernanda S ^a   Valete Rosalino, Cláudia M ^a,b   Pacheco, Sandro J B ^a   Costa, Filipe A Carvalho ^a   Schubach, Armando O ^a   Pacheco, Raquel S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ATL; Genetic variability; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; LSSP PCR; Numerical taxonomy

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA;

ADULT; AMERICAN TEGUMENTARY LEISHMANIASIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

EID: 84879104429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-189     Document Type: Article

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