Optimized PCR using patient blood samples for diagnosis and follow-up of visceral leishmaniasis, with special reference to AIDS patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 236-240

  Lachaud, Laurence ^a   Dereure, Jacques ^a   Chabbert, Elisabeth ^a   Reynes, Jacques ^a   Mauboussin, Jean Marc ^b   Oziol, Eric ^a   Dedet, Jean Pierre ^a   Bastien, Patrick ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033986472     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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