An experimental study on application of PCR in detection of Kala-azar

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-172

  Wu, Zhongxing ^a   Bao, Yong ^b   Ding, Yongming ^b   Yu, Mingjuan ^b   Lu, Liansheng ^b   Zhang, Yeng ^b  

^a JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031087936     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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