Development and validation of PCR-based assays for diagnosis of American cutaneous leishmaniasis and identificatio nof the parasite species

Methods incorporating a polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism and their use as a ‘gold standard’ in diagnosing Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis

(2011) Kifaya Azmi et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Direct diagnosis of Leishmania species on serosity materials punctured from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients using PCR-RFLP

(2011) Homa Hajjaran et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS

Identification of Leishmania spp. by Molecular Amplification and DNA Sequencing Analysis of a Fragment of rRNA Internal Transcribed Spacer 2

(2011) Marcos E. de Almeida et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of the HSP70-II gene in Leishmania braziliensis HSP70 locus: genomic organization and UTRs characterization

(2011) César A Ramírez et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Mucosal Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis in the Brazilian Amazon

(2011) Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (Leishmania major Infection) in Dutch Troops Deployed in Northern Afghanistan: Epidemiology, Clinical Aspects, and Treatment

(2010) Pieter-Paul van Thiel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

A clinical isolate of Leishmania donovani with ITS1 sequence polymorphism as a cause of para-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in an Ethiopian human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient on highly active antiretroviral therapy

(2010) T. Gelanew et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Current diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

(2010) Hiro Goto et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Leishmania parasite detection and quantification using PCR-ELISA

(2010) Tetyana Kobets et al.   Nature Protocols

Heat-shock protein 70 PCR-RFLP: a universal simple tool for Leishmania species discrimination in the New and Old World

(2010) A. M. MONTALVO et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Molecular approaches for a better understanding of the epidemiology and population genetics of Leishmania

(2010) G. SCHÖNIAN et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Characterization of Leishmania spp. causing cutaneous leishmaniasis in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

(2010) Leila Ines Camara Coelho et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Is it time to revise the nomenclature of Leishmania?

(2010) Gabriele Schönian et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Lutzomyia Sand Fly Diversity and Rates of Infection by Wolbachia and an Exotic Leishmania Species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

(2010) Jorge Azpurua et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

“Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex (but Were Afraid to Ask)” in Leishmania after Two Decades of Laboratory and Field Analyses

(2010) Virginie Rougeron et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (L.) major infection in Sindh province, Pakistan

(2009) Abdul Manan Bhutto et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Sequence analysis and PCR-RFLP profiling of the hsp70 gene as a valuable tool for identifying Leishmania species associated with human leishmaniasis in Brazil

(2009) Leonardo Alves da Silva et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogeny of Leishmania species based on the heat-shock protein 70 gene

(2009) Jorge Fraga et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Development of a Multilocus Microsatellite Typing Approach for Discriminating Strains of Leishmania (Viannia) Species

(2009) R. Oddone et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genus-specific kinetoplast-DNA PCR and parasite culture for the diagnosis of localised cutaneous leishmaniasis: applications for clinical trials under field conditions in Brazil

(2009) Julia Ampuero et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

Sensitivity and reproducibility of a PCR assay for Leishmania detection using skin biopsy imprints on filter paper

(2008) Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Molecular diagnosis of leishmaniosis in the Paraná state of southern Brazil

(2008) Elisângela de Fátima Arruda Pereira et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Phylogenic analysis of the genus Leishmania by cytochrome b gene sequencing

(2008) Yutaka Asato et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Molecular Diagnosis of Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Species Identification by Use of a Reverse Line Blot Hybridization Assay

(2008) A. Nasereddin et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of PCR assay in diagnosis and identification of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a comparison with the parasitological methods

(2008) Farideh Shahbazi et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH