Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis by the polymerase chain reaction using blood, bone marrow and lymph node samples from patients from the Sudan

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 440-444

  Andresen, K ^a,f   Gasim, S ^b   Elhassan, A M ^c   Khalil, E A G ^c   Barker, D C ^d   Theander, T G ^e   Kharazmi, A ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b OMDURMAN ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; PCR; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LYMPH NODE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0030975831     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1997.tb00166.x     Document Type: Article

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