Abstract
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is gaining attention as a public health problem. We present two cases of CL imported from Syria and Venezuela in Japan. We diagnosed them as CL non-invasively by the direct boil loop-mediated isothermal amplification method and an innovative sequencing method using the MinION™ sequencer. This report demonstrates that our procedure could be useful for the diagnosis of CL in both clinical and epidemiological settings.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 34-37 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Parasitology International |
Volume | 67 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Feb |
Keywords
- Cutaneous leishmaniasis;
- Diagnosis
- LAMP;
- Leishmania braziliensis
- Leishmania tropica
- MinION™
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Parasitology
- Infectious Diseases