Diagnosis of infections with Leishmania infantum using PCR-ELISA

Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 607-615

  Martin Sanchez, J ^a   Lopez Lopez, M C ^b   Acedo Sanchez, C ^a   Castro Fajardo, J J ^c   Pineda, J A ^d   Morillas Marquez, F ^a  

^a Facultad de Farmacia   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^c Sociedad Protectora de Animales y Plantas Francisco de Asís ^*  (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canine leishmaniasis; Human cutanean leishmaniasis; Human visceral leishmaniasis; Kinetoplast DNA; Leishmania infantum; PCR ELISA

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034951790     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001007909     Document Type: Article

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