TY - JOUR
TI - 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
AU - Neonakis, Ioannis K.
AU - Gitti, Zoe
AU - Kontos, Fanourios
AU - Baritaki,
AU - Stavroula
AU - Zerva, Loukia
AU - Krambovitis, Elias
AU - Spandidos,
AU - Demetrios A.
JO - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
PY - 2009
VL - 64
TODO - 3
SP - 331-333
PB - EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
SN - 0732-8893
TODO - 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.03.006
TODO - Indigenous leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae
TODO - 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.
ER -