Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 175-180 , February 2010

Leishmania spp. identification by polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and its applications in French Guiana

  • Stéphane Simon

      Affiliations

    • Equipe EA 3593, Faculté de Médecine, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana
    • ,
  • Vincent Veron

      Affiliations

    • Equipe EA 3593, Faculté de Médecine, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana
    • ,
  • Bernard Carme

      Affiliations

    • Equipe EA 3593, Faculté de Médecine, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana
    • Laboratoire Hospitalo-Universitaire de Parasitologie-Mycologie (LHUPM), Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, French Guiana
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratoire Hospitalo-Universitaire de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicale, Equipe EA 3593, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne et Faculté de Médecine de l'Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Rue des Flamboyants, BP 6006, 97336 Cayenne, French Guiana. Tel.: +594-594-39-53-09; fax: +594-594-39-53-09.

Received 9 May 2009 ,Accepted 16 August 2009.

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☆ This work was supported by the University of the French West Indies and French Guiana and the French Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique.

PII: S0732-8893(09)00356-3

doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.08.013

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 175-180 , February 2010

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