Identification of Lebanese dermotropic putative Leishmania archibaldi isolates by gp63 PCR-RFLP.
Leishmania stocks isolated from cutaneous lesions in Lebanon were characterized by PCR methods. The stocks were typed as putative L. (L.) archibaldi (gp63 PCR-RFLP), belonging to 2 different genotypes (PCR-based schizodeme analysis). This constitutes the first report on the presence of L. (L.) archibaldi in the Middle East.
Guerbouj
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Laboratoire d'Epidémiologie et Ecologie Parasitaire, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia.
Guizani
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I
De Doncker
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S
Dujardin
J C
JC
Nuwayri-Salti
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N
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D007891:Leishmania / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000469:parasitology*; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; C055146:glycoprotein gp63, Leishmania