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Discrimination of Leishmania braziliensis variants by kDNA signatures produced by LSSP-PCR.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Jun 2007
Ferreira Germano A, Soares Fábia C S, Vasconcellos Slanney A, Rodrigues Eduardo H G, Werkhäuser Roberto P, de Brito Maria Edileuza F, Abath Frederico G C
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The conventional methods for identification and typing of Leishmania species depend on previous culture isolation of the parasites. Not infrequently, culture is unsuccessful and may result in misrepresentation of the heterogeneity of the original isolate. Thus, more reliable and precise identification of genotypes of Leishmania spp. is important for a better clinical and epidemiological understanding of the...
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