Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 261-264 , May 2000

Geographical distribution of neotropical Leishmania of the subgenus Leishmania analysed by ribosomal oligonucleotide probes

  • S.R.B. Uliana

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • E. Ishikawa

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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  • V.A. Stempliuk

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • A. de Souza

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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  • J.J. Shaw

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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  • L.M. Floeter-Winter

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dr Lucile M. Floeter-Winter, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374 — São Paulo — SP — 05508-900, Brazil; fax +55 11 8187329.
    • Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Received 19 October 1999 ,Accepted 9 November 1999.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 261-264 , May 2000