Report of 2 indigenous cases of leprosy from a European country: use of polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of hsp65 gene for identification of Mycobacterium leprae directly from a clinical sample

Autor: Stavroula Baritaki, Demetrios A. Spandidos, Loukia Zerva, Ioannis K. Neonakis, Fanourios Kontos, Zoe Gitti, Elias Krambovitis
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 64:331-333
ISSN: 0732-8893
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.03.006
Popis: In this article, we report on 2 indigenous cases of leprosy detected in a European country. We also report on the use of polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of hsp65 gene for rapid identification of Mycobacterium leprae directly from the clinical sample.
Databáze: OpenAIRE