Multiclonal Leishmania braziliensis Population Structure and Its Clinical Implication in a Region of Endemicity for American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 508-514

  Schriefer, A ^a   Schriefer, A L F ^a   Goes Neto A ^b   Guimaraes L H ^a   Carvalho, L P ^a   Almeida, R P ^a   Machado, P R ^a   Lessa, H A ^a   Ribeiro De Jesus, A ^a   Riley, L W ^c   Carvalho, E M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 9144275010     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.1.508-514.2004     Document Type: Article

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