A general classification of New World Leishmania using numerical zymotaxonomy.

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1994.50.296

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A general classification of New World Leishmania using numerical zymotaxonomy.

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Mar 1994

Cupolillo E, Grimaldi G, Momen H

Abstract excerpt

More than 250 strains of Leishmania isolated from different localities and hosts in the New World were analyzed by enzyme electrophoresis, and their electromorphic profiles were compared with 19 reference strains representing most of the described species of this parasite. The 18 enzymic loci ana...

Topics

Animals
Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Humans
Isoenzymes
Leishmania
Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Genetic
Software

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