Leishmania spp. identification by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and its applications in French Guiana

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-180

  Simon, Stéphane ^a   Veron, Vincent ^a   Carme, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; French Guiana; Leishmania; PCR; RFLP; Species identification

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA LAINSONI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA NAIFFI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 73749087531     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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