Species typing in dermal leishmaniasis

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 265-294

  van der Auwera, Gert ^a   Dujardina, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84926004713     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: 10986618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00104-14     Document Type: Article

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