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Genetic diversity of Leishmania donovani causing visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Western Ghats, India.
Gene - 30 Nov 2024
Fathima P A, Shah Harish Kumar, Sivalaxmi B, Haritha H A, Ajithlal P M, Aiswarya R S, Saini Prasanta
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The visceral and atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis (VL and CL) caused by Leishmania donovani is an emerging infectious disease in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India. In this study, L. donovani specific kinetoplast minicircle DNA (k-DNA) sequence analysis was conducted to ascertain the genetic variability among the L. donovani isolates from the Western Ghats. Out of 23 CL and 5 VL suspected patient samples, 18 CL and...
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