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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-6-6
pubmed:abstractText
Leishmania parasites from animals, man or insect vectors were characterized by the gel electrophoresis of restriction endonuclease enzyme-produced mitochondrial (kinetoplast) DNA (kDNA) fragments and/or by DNA-DNA hybridization with 32P-labelled cloned, or uncloned, kDNA fragment probes from type isolates. The electrophoretic separation of kDNA fragments is a sensitive method for detecting genetic similarities and differences among Leishmania. Parasites with similar kDNA restriction fragment patterns belong to the same schizodeme and schizodeme analysis is useful for studying Leishmania populations. Cloned, species-specific kDNA probes detected Leishmania in sandflies and in liver, spleen or blood preparations from infected animals. Cloned DNA probes also hybridized to immobilized kDNA from in vitro cultivated promastigotes and detected as few as 100 parasites in a species-specific manner. Sensitive DNA hybridization probes should be useful in research on the immunology, chemotherapy or epidemiology of animal and human leishmaniasis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0304-4017
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
195-215
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-DNA, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-DNA Restriction Enzymes, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Electrophoresis, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Leishmania, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Leishmania donovani, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Leishmania mexicana, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Leishmaniasis, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Leishmaniasis, Visceral, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Mesocricetus, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Psychodidae, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:3010541-Species Specificity
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection and characterization of Leishmania species and strains from mammals and vectors by hybridization and restriction endonuclease digestion of kinetoplast DNA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article