Use of PCR to detect Leishmania (Viannia) spp. in dog blood and bone marrow

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 748-751

  Reithinger, Richard ^a,b   Lambson, Bronwen E ^b   Barker, Douglas C ^b   Davies, Clive R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; PROTOZOA; VIANNIA;

EID: 0033964622     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.748-751.2000     Document Type: Article

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