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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 94, 2000 - Issue 5
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Screening sandflies for natural infection with Leishmania donovani, using a non-radioactive probe based on the total DNA of the parasite

D. S. DineshRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Reseach), Agamkuan, Patna—800007, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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S. K. KarRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Reseach), Agamkuan, Patna—800007, India
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K. KishoreRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Reseach), Agamkuan, Patna—800007, India
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A. PalitRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Reseach), Agamkuan, Patna—800007, India
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N. VermaRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Reseach), Agamkuan, Patna—800007, India
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A. K. GuptaRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Reseach), Agamkuan, Patna—800007, India
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D. S. ChauhanDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Central JALMA Institute for Leprosy (Indian Council of Medical Research), P.O. Box 101, Taj Ganj, Agra—282001, India
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D. SinghDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Central JALMA Institute for Leprosy (Indian Council of Medical Research), P.O. Box 101, Taj Ganj, Agra—282001, India
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V. D. SharmaDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Central JALMA Institute for Leprosy (Indian Council of Medical Research), P.O. Box 101, Taj Ganj, Agra—282001, India
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V. M. KatochDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Central JALMA Institute for Leprosy (Indian Council of Medical Research), P.O. Box 101, Taj Ganj, Agra—282001, India
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Pages 447-451 | Received 15 Sep 1999, Accepted 02 May 2000, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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