Phylogenetic relationships of Leishmania species based on trypanosomatid barcode (SSU rDNA) and gGAPDH genes: Taxonomic revision of Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in South America

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-51

  Marcili, Arlei ^a   Sperança, Marcia Ap ^b   da Costa, Andrea P ^a   Madeira, Maria de F ^c   Soares, Herbert S ^a   Sanches, Camila de O C C ^b   Acosta, Igor da C L ^a   Girotto, Aline ^a   Minervino, Antonio H H ^a   Horta, Maurício C ^d   Shaw, Jeffrey J ^a   Gennari, Solange M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^d Universidade Federal do Vale do   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania infantum chagasi; Leishmania spp.; Phylogeny; South America; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GGAPDH GENE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA EQUATORIENSIS; LEISHMANIA HERTIGI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84899738166     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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