| first report of leishmania infantum in french guiana: canine visceral leishmaniasis imported from the old world. | the first two cases of canine visceral leishmaniasis in french guiana are described. one infected dog was most probably imported from france. a second dog was then infected with leishmania infantum in french guiana. these observations exemplify the intercontinental transportation theory for l. infantum. | 2006 | 16517909 |
| leishmania spp. identification by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and its applications in french guiana. | leishmania (viannia) guyanensis was for many years the only species commonly identified in french guiana, but precise species identifications were quite rare. we describe a new restriction fragment length polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction technique using a 615-bp fragment of the rna polymerase ii gene and 2 restriction enzymes, tspri and hgai. seven reference strains (leishmania (leishmania) amazonensis, leishmania (viannia) lainsoni, leishmania (viannia) braziliensis, l. (v.) guyanensis, l ... | 2010 | 19782495 |
| [epidemiology of autochthonous leishmaniases in france]. | leishmania infantum is the only species occurring in metropolitan france; located in the mediterranean part of the country, it is responsible for a highly enzootic canine disease, while the human endemicity is low, with about 23 cases yearly reported to the national reference centre of leishmaniases, mainly visceral forms. in french guyana, five leishmania species occur in the amazonian forest, of which l. guyanensis is the predominant species, and l. braziliensis is responsible for the most cri ... | 2013 | 23886932 |