Use of PCR for diagnosis of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1621-1624

  Osman, Omran F ^a,b   Oskam, Linda ^c   Kroon, Nel C M ^c   Schoone, Gerard J ^c   Khalil, El Tahir A G ^a   El Hassan, Ahmed M ^a   Zijlstra, Ed E ^a,b   Kager, Piet A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031957199     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1621-1624.1998     Document Type: Article

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