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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2016

Calmodulin Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism for Leishmania Identification and Typing.

Aracelis Miranda, Franklyn Samudio, Kadir González, Azael Saldaña, Adeilton Brandão, Jose E Calzada

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Aracelis MirandaInstituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama City, Panama.
Franklyn SamudioInstituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama City, Panama. Laboratorio Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas Médicas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Kadir GonzálezInstituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama City, Panama.
Azael SaldañaInstituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama City, Panama.
Adeilton BrandãoLaboratorio Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas Médicas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jose E CalzadaInstituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama City, Panama. jcalzada@gorgas.gob.pa.
Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud · PAFundação Oswaldo Cruz · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A precise identification of Leishmania species involved in human infections has epidemiological and clinical importance. Herein, we describe a preliminary validation of a restriction fragment length polymorphism assay, based on the calmodulin intergenic spacer region, as a tool for detecting and typing Leishmania species. After calmodulin amplification, the enzyme HaeIII yielded a clear distinction between reference strains of Leishmania mexicana, Leishmania amazonensis, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania lainsoni, and the rest of the Viannia reference species analyzed. The closely related Viannia species: Leishmania braziliensis, Leishmania panamensis, and Leishmania guyanensis, are separated in a subsequent digestion step with different restriction enzymes. We have developed a more accessible molecular protocol for Leishmania identification/typing based on the exploitation of part of the calmodulin gene. This methodology has the potential to become an additional tool for Leishmania species characterization and taxonomy.

Indexed as

CalmodulinDNA, ProtozoanHumansLeishmania braziliensisLeishmania guyanensisLeishmania infantumLeishmania mexicanaLeishmaniasisMolecular TypingPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthProtozoan ProteinsCalmodulinDNA, ProtozoanProtozoan Proteins

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PMID27352873
PMCPMC4973186
OpenAlexW2472766036

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