PCR-ELISA for diagnosis of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-29

  Pinero J ^a   Martinez E ^a   Pacheco, R ^b   Aragon Z ^a   De Armas, F ^a   Del Castillo, A ^a   Valladares, B ^a  

^a Facultad de Farmacia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; PCR ELISA

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENYL PHOSPHATE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOTIN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

HEALTH CARE; LEISHMANIASIS; MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; COLORIMETRY; DNA PROBES; DNA, KINETOPLAST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033602815     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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