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Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis genotypes identified in lesions of patients with atypical or typical manifestations of tegumentary leishmaniasis: evaluation by two molecular markers.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Apr 2009
Baptista C, Schubach A O, Madeira M F, Leal C A, Pires M Q, Oliveira F S, Conceição-Silva F, Rosalino C M V, Salgueiro M M, Pacheco R S
Abstract excerpt
Analyses of MLEE, RAPD and LSSP-PCR were used to compare the panel of american tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) isolates obtained from lesions of patients with rare clinical manifestations of the disease and typical lesions. All of the 34 samples analyzed by MLEE demonstrated similar electromorphic profiles with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis reference strain. Through the RAPD analysis, nine genetic profiles...
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