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Molecular fingerprinting of Leishmania infantum strains following an outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis in central Israel.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2005
Nasereddin Abedelmajeed, Baneth Gad, Schönian Gabriele, Kanaan Moein, Jaffe Charles L
Abstract excerpt
Human and canine visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum emerged in central Israel after an absence of over 30 years. The origin of this outbreak was investigated by examining genetic polymorphisms in 37 strains isolated from dogs and patients with visceral leishmaniasis in the continuously active northern Israeli and West Bank foci and in a new Israeli focus using DNA fingerprinting with the human...
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