Detection and identification of human pathogenic Leishmania and Trypanosoma species by hybridization of PCR-amplified mini-exon repeats

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 242-250

  Ramos, Anthea ^a   Maslov, Dmitri A ^a,c   Fernandes, Octavio ^b   Campbell, David A ^a   Simpson, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Leishmania; Mini exon repeat; Oligonucleotide probe; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0029945467     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0031     Document Type: Article

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