Use of molecular tools for the diagnosis and typing of a Leishmania major strain isolated from an HIV-infected patient in Burkina Faso

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 396-397

  Robert Gangneux, Florence ^a   Baixench, Marie Thérèse ^a   Piarroux, Renaud ^b   Pratlong, Francine ^c   Tourte Schaefer, Claudine ^a  

^a Ctr Hosp Universitaire Cochin ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^c Lab d'Ecolgie Med Pathol P   (France)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; HIV infections; Leishmania major; Molecular typing; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BURKINA FASO; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0032837770     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90130-X     Document Type: Article

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