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Multilocus microsatellite typing as a new tool for discrimination of Leishmania infantum MON-1 strains.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2006
Ochsenreither Sebastian, Kuhls Katrin, Schaar Matthias, Presber Wolfgang, Schönian Gabriele
Abstract excerpt
The Leishmania donovani complex, which consists of L. donovani, L. infantum-L. chagasi, and L. archibaldi, is responsible for visceral manifestations of leishmaniasis. Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis is the standard method for the characterization and identification of strains of Leishmania. For L. infantum, the predominance of zymodeme MON-1 significantly reduces the discriminative power of this approach. In...
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