@article{8463, keywords = {Adult, Bacterial Proteins, Chaperonin 60, Chaperonins, DNA, Bacterial, Europe, Female, Humans, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Molecular Sequence Data, Mycobacterium leprae, polymerase chain reaction, Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, Sequence Analysis, DNA}, author = {Neonakis IK and Gitti Z and Kontos F and Baritaki S and Zerva L and Krambovitis E and Spandidos DA}, title = {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.}, abstract = {

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 from the clinical sample.

}, year = {2009}, journal = {Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease}, volume = {64}, pages = {331-3}, month = {2009 Jul}, issn = {1879-0070}, doi = {10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.03.006}, language = {eng}, }