Identification of Lebanese dermotropic putative Leishmania archibaldi isolates by gp63 PCR-RFLP

S Guerbouj; I Guizani; S De Doncker; J C Dujardin; N Nuwayri-Salti

doi:10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90117-8

Identification of Lebanese dermotropic putative Leishmania archibaldi isolates by gp63 PCR-RFLP

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2001 Nov-Dec;95(6):687-8. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90117-8.

Authors

S Guerbouj¹, I Guizani, S De Doncker, J C Dujardin, N Nuwayri-Salti

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire d'Epidémiologie et Ecologie Parasitaire, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia.

PMID: 11816446
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90117-8

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Lebanon
Leishmania / classification
Leishmania / genetics
Leishmania / isolation & purification*
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / classification
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / genetics
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / parasitology*
Metalloendopeptidases
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

Substances

Metalloendopeptidases
glycoprotein gp63, Leishmania