Article
Practical approach for typing strains of Leishmania infantum by microsatellite analysis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2002
Bulle Béatrice, Millon Laurence, Bart Jean-Mathieu, Gállego Montserrat, Gambarelli Françoise, Portús Montserrat, Schnur Lee, Jaffe Charles L, Fernandez-Barredo Salceda, Alunda José María, Piarroux Renaud
Abstract excerpt
Currently the universally accepted standard procedure for characterizing and identifying strains of Leishmania is isoenzyme analysis. However, in the Mediterranean area, despite their very wide geographical distribution, most Leishmania infantum strains belong to zymodeme MON-1. In order to increase our understanding of polymorphism in strains of L. infantum, we developed PCR assays amplifying 10 microsatellites...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
- Dog Diseases
- Dogs
- France
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Isoenzymes
- Israel
- Leishmania infantum
- Leishmaniasis, Visceral