Detection and identification of Leishmania species from clinical specimens by using a real-time PCR assay and sequencing of the cytochrome b gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2110-2115

  Foulet, Françoise ^a   Botterel, Françoise ^a   Buffet, Pierre ^b   Morizot, Gloria ^b   Rivollet, Danièle ^a   Deniau, Michèle ^a   Pratlong, Francine ^c   Costa, Jean Marc ^a,d   Bretagne, Stéphane ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Parasitologie   (France)

^d AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOANALYZER; CYT B GENE; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547635945     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02555-06     Document Type: Article

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