Detection of Leishmania DNA by polymerase chain reaction in scars of treated human patients

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 911-914

  Schubach, Armando ^b   Haddad, Fatima ^b   Neto, Manoel Paes Oliveira ^b   Degrave, Wim ^b   Pirmez, Claude ^b   Grimaldi Jr , Gabriel ^b   Fernandes, Octavio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0031706311     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515355     Document Type: Article

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