Short report: ITS-1 DNA sequence confirmation of Leishmania major as a cause of cutaneous leishmaniasis from an outbreak focus in the Ho district, southeastern Ghana

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Sep;75(3):502-4.

Authors

David J Fryauff¹, Hanafi A Hanafi, John D Klena, David F Hoel, Maxwell Appawu, William Rogers, Naiki Puplampu, Shirley Odoom, Margaret Kweku, Kwadwo Koram, Michael D Wilson, Gregory Raczniak, Daniel Boakye

Affiliation

¹ Research Science Directorate, Enteric Disease Research Program, Vector Biology Research Program, Ghana Detachment, US Naval Medical Research Unit 3, Cairo, Egypt.

PMID: 16968929

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Base Sequence
DNA Primers
DNA, Protozoan / genetics*
Disease Outbreaks*
Ghana / epidemiology
Humans
Leishmania major / genetics*
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / epidemiology*
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / parasitology

Substances

DNA Primers
DNA, Protozoan