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An assessment of the genetic diversity of Leishmania infantum isolates from infected dogs in Brazil.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 May 2012
Batista Luís Fábio da S, Segatto Marcela, Guedes Carlos Eduardo S, Sousa Rosana S, Rodrigues Cleusa A T, Brazuna Júlia Cristina M, Silva Joselli S, Santos Silvana O, Larangeira Daniela, Macedo Andréa Mara, Schriefer Albert, Veras Patrícia S T
Abstract excerpt
Correlations between the genetic diversity of Leishmania infantum (syn. L. chagasi) isolates and their respective geographic origins support the theoretic assumption that visceral leishmaniasis probably originated in the Old World. Because dogs are widely considered to be the main reservoir of this disease, the present study aimed to investigate the degree of genetic divergence among 44 leishmanial canine...
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