Use of the polymerase chain reaction to assess the success of visceral leishmaniasis treatment

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 397-400

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

^a Faculty of Medical laboratory Sciences   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy,; Leishmania donovani; Leishmaniasis; Polymerase chain reaction; Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis; Sodium stibogluconate; Sudan; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DNA; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SUDAN; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031661011     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91063-X     Document Type: Article

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