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Identification of six New World Leishmania species through the implementation of a High-Resolution Melting (HRM) genotyping assay.
Parasites & vectors - 14 Nov 2014
Hernández Carolina, Alvarez Catalina, González Camila, Ayala Martha Stella, León Cielo Maritza, Ramírez Juan David
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BACKGROUND: Leishmaniases are tropical zoonotic diseases, caused by parasites from the genus Leishmania. New World (NW) species are related to sylvatic cycles although urbanization processes have been reported in some South American Countries such as Colombia. This eco-epidemiological complexity imposes a challenge to the detection of circulating parasite species, not only related to human cases but also...
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