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KDNA genetic signatures obtained by LSSP-PCR analysis of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum isolated from the new and the old world.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Alvarenga Janaína Sousa Campos, Ligeiro Carla Maia, Gontijo Célia Maria Ferreira, Cortes Sofia, Campino Lenea, Vago Annamaria Ravara, Melo Maria Norma
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) caused by species from the Leishmania donovani complex is the most severe form of the disease, lethal if untreated. VL caused by Leishmania infantum is a zoonosis with an increasing number of human cases and millions of dogs infected in the Old and the New World. In this study, L. infantum (syn. L.chagasi) strains were isolated from human and canine VL cases. The strains...
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