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Leishmania (Viannia): genetic analysis of cutaneous and mucosal strains isolated from the same patient.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Jan 2000
Cuervo Patricia, Cupolillo Elisa, Nehme Nedia, Hernandez Vivian, Saravia Nancy, Fernandes Octavio
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Ten pairs of Leishmania (Viannia) strains isolated from mucosal and cutaneous lesions of the same patient were analyzed genotypically in order to determine whether populations that had metastasized to mucosal sites differed from those in the cutaneous lesion. The strains were previously characterized by multi locus enzyme electrophoresis and/or monoclonal antibodies reactivity, and, for this study, only isolates...
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