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Population genetics of Leishmania infantum in Israel and the Palestinian Authority through microsatellite analysis.
Microbes and infection - 1 Apr 2009
Amro Ahmad, Schönian Gabriele, Al-Sharabati Mohamed Barakat, Azmi Kifaya, Nasereddin Abedelmajeed, Abdeen Ziad, Schnur Lionel F, Baneth Gad, Jaffe Charles L, Kuhls Katrin
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Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) was used to investigate the genetic variation among 44 Israeli and Palestinian strains of L. infantum isolated from infected dogs and human cases to determine their population structure and to compare them with strains isolated from different European countries. Most of the Israeli and Palestinian strains had their own individual MLMT profiles; a few shared the same...
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