PCR-based diagnosis of acute and chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 601-606

  Weigle, Kristen A ^a   Labrada, Luz Angela ^a   Lozano, Caterin ^a   Santrich, Cecilia ^a   Barker, Douglas C ^a  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; KINETOPLAST DNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLOMBIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EVALUATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, KINETOPLAST; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTOZOA; VIANNIA;

EID: 0036164149     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.601-606.2002     Document Type: Article

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