Visceral leishmaniasis due to a Leishmania variant that shares kinetoplast DNA sequences with Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania mexicana in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus: identification of the Leishmania species with use of the polymerase chain reaction [letter] NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1996. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Visceral leishmaniasis due to a Leishmania variant that shares kinetoplast DNA sequences with Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania mexicana in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus: identification of the Leishmania species with use of the polymerase chain reaction [letter]

Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):701-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077412
Hernandez DE; Rodriguez N; Wessolossky M; Convit J

Keywords: Adult Animal AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*COMPLICATIONS/PARASITOLOGY Base Sequence Case Report Comparative Study DNA Primers/GENETICS DNA, Protozoan/GENETICS Female Human Leishmania/CLASSIFICATION/*GENETICS Leishmania braziliensis/GENETICS Leishmania mexicana/GENETICS Leishmaniasis, Visceral/*COMPLICATIONS/PARASITOLOGY Molecular Sequence Data Polymerase Chain Reaction Variation (Genetics) LETTER JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDadultanimalaids-relatedopportunisticinfections/KWDcomplications/parasitologybasesequencecasereportcomparativestudydnaprimers/geneticsdna,protozoan/geneticsfemalehumanleishmania/classification/KWDgeneticsleishmaniabraziliensis/geneticsleishmaniamexicana/geneticsleishmaniasis,visceral/KWDcomplications/parasitologymolecularsequencedatapolymerasechainreactionvariation(genetics)letterjournalarticle
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