Polymerase chain reaction reveals Trypanosoma cruzi infection suspected by serology in cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis patients

Acta Tropica

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-308

  Chiaramonte, M G ^a   Frank, F M ^a   Furer, G M ^a   Taranto, N J ^b   Margni, R A ^a   Malchiodi, E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Differential serodiagnosis; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Immunoblotting; Leishmaniasis; Mixed infection; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; LEISHMANIASIS; MONITORING;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032912333     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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