Identification of Leishmania donovani as a cause of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sudan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-57

  Elamin, E M ^a,b   Guizani, I ^c   Guerbouj, S ^c   Gramiccia, M ^d   El Hassan, A M ^a   Di Muccio, T ^d   Taha, M A ^e   Mukhtar, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b ALZAIEM ALAZHARI UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e Alribat Hospital   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; kDNA; Leishmania donovani; PCR; Sudan

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 63; ISOENZYME; KETOCONAZOLE; PROTOZOAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER; SUDAN;

ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDAN;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 36549002631     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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