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Genetic diversity of Leishmania infantum field populations from Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Feb 2012
Segatto Marcela, Ribeiro Lucas Secchim, Costa Dorcas Lamounier, Costa Carlos Henrique Nery, Oliveira Márcia Rosa de, Carvalho Sílvio Fernando Guimarães, Macedo Andréa Mara, Valadares Helder Magno Silva, Dietze Reynaldo, Brito Cristiana Ferreira Alves de, Lemos Elenice Moreira
Abstract excerpt
Leishmania infantum (syn. Leishmania chagasi) is the etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil. The epidemiology of VL is poorly understood. Therefore, a more detailed molecular characterization at an intraspecific level is certainly needed. Herein, three independent molecular methods, multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT), random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and simple sequence...
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