Rapid identification of causative species in patients with Old World leishmaniasis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2551-2555

  Minodier, P ^a   Piarroux, R ^a,b   Gambarelli, F ^a,c   Joblet, C ^c   Dumon, H ^a,c  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 0030856031     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.10.2551-2555.1997     Document Type: Article

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