Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96 , Pages S65-S70 , April 2002

Molecular markers for species identification in the Leishmania subgenus Viannia

  • Alexis Mendoza-León

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Alexis Mendoza-León, Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Parásitos, Instituto de Biologia Experimental (IBE), Universidad Central de Venezuela. Apartado 47577, Caracas 1041A, Venezuela; phone +58 212 751 0111, fax +58 212 753 5897.
    • Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Parásitos, IBE, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
    • ,
  • Luis Luis

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Parásitos, IBE, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
    • ,
  • Octavio Fernandes

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Medicina Tropical y Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
    • ,
  • Elisa Cupolillo

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
    • ,
  • Lineth García

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Parásitos, IBE, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
    • Centro Universitario de Medicina Tropical (CUMETRO), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia

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