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Genetic polymorphism of Algerian Leishmania infantum strains revealed by multilocus microsatellite analysis.
Microbes and infection - 1 Oct 2008
Seridi Nabila, Amro Ahmad, Kuhls Katrin, Belkaid Miloud, Zidane Charef, Al-Jawabreh Amer, Schönian Gabriele
Abstract excerpt
The present study applies multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) for studying the polymorphism among 55 strains of Leishmania infantum from Algeria. These strains from different Algerian foci representing different zymodemes, hosts and clinical forms were analysed using 14 microsatellite markers. All 55 strains had individual MLMT profiles and no relationship was observed between them and different host or...
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