Use of PCR on lymph-node samples as test of cure of visceral leishmaniasis

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 845-850

  Osman, O F ^a   Kager, P A ^b   Zijlstra, E E ^a   El Hassan, A M ^a   Oskam, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; CHILD; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPH NODE; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPH NODES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030670957     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813210     Document Type: Article

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