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
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Neonakis, I. K.; Gitti, Z.; Kontos, F.; Baritaki, S.; Zerva, L.; Krambovitis, E.; Spandidos, D. A.Data
2009Abstract
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.