Evidence for a new species of Leishmania associated with a focal disease outbreak in Ghana
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- 作者：Jeffrey T. Villinski ; John D. Klena ; Magda Abbassy ; David F. Hoel ; Naiki Puplampu ; Sarah Mechta ; Daniel Boakye ; Gregory Raczniak
- 关键词：Leishmania ; Leishmaniasis ; Real-time PCR ; Parasite
- 刊名：Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：March 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：60
- 期：3
- 页码：323-327
- 全文大小：222 K
文摘
A previously unknown Leishmania spp., inferred by DNA sequence analysis of the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS1), was detected in tissue biopsies from patients living in the Eastern Ghanaian community of Taviefe. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the ITS1 amplicon supports the possibility of an uncharacterized Leishmania spp.