Molecular epidemiology of Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis in French Guiana

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 468-473

  Rotureau, Brice ^a   Ravel, Christophe ^b   Nacher, Mathieu ^a   Couppié, Pierre ^a,c   Curtet, Isabelle ^d   Dedet, Jean Pierre ^b   Carme, Bernard ^a  

^a Laboratoire Hospitalo Universitaire de Parasitologie et Mycologie Medicale Cayenne   (French Guiana)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^d Laboratoire d'Analyses Médicales de Montjoly   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; FLUCONAZOLE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; PENTAMIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINGERPRINTING PHENETIC INTEGRATION; FRENCH GUIANA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS;

EID: 32344446099     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.468-473.2006     Document Type: Article

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