Genetic Structure and Evolution of the Leishmania Genus in Africa and Eurasia: What Does MLSA Tell Us

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  El Baidouri, Fouad ^a   Diancourt, Laure ^b   Berry, Vincent ^c   Chevenet, François ^c,d   Pratlong, Francine ^a   Marty, Pierre ^e   Ravel, Christophe ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c LIRMM   (France)

^d University de Montpellier   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOPLASY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ASIA; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; LEISHMANIA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84879545389     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002255     Document Type: Article

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