Use of PCR in diagnosis of human American tegumentary leishmaniasis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1819-1823

  Pirmez, Claude ^a   Da Silva Trajano, Valéria ^a   Neto, Manoel Paes Oliveira ^b   Da Cruz, Alda Maria ^a   Gonçalves Da Costa, Sylvio Celso ^a   Catanho, Marcos ^a   Degrave, Wim ^a   Fernandes, Octavio ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; PROTOZOA; VIANNIA;

EID: 0032907182     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1819-1823.1999     Document Type: Article

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