@article{3142726, title = "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", author = "Neonakis, Ioannis K. and Gitti, Zoe and Kontos, Fanourios and Baritaki, and Stavroula and Zerva, Loukia and Krambovitis, Elias and Spandidos, and Demetrios A.", journal = "Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease", year = "2009", volume = "64", number = "3", pages = "331-333", publisher = "EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC", issn = "0732-8893", doi = "10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.03.006", keywords = "Indigenous leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae", abstract = "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 froth the clinical sample. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved." }