Development of a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay for Leishmania major/Leishmania killicki/Leishmania infantum discrimination from clinical samples, application in a Tunisian focus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-158

  Haouas, Najoua ^a   Garrab, Selma ^a   Gorcii, Mohamed ^a   Khorchani, Hassen ^b   Chargui, Najla ^a   Ravel, Christophe ^c   Mezhoud, Habib ^a   Babba, Hamouda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c French Reference Centre on Leishmaniasis   (France)

Author keywords

Leishmaniasis; PCR RFLP; Species identification

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA KILLICKI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TUNISIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUNISIA;

EID: 77956583138     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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