A nested polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis and follow-up of human visceral leishmaniasis patients using blood samples

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages S191-

  Fisa, R ^a   Riera, C ^a   Ribera, E ^b   Gallego M ^a   Portus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Follow up; Human immunodeficiency virus; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniasis; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Polymerase chain reaction; Spain

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEUKOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PARASITEMIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036330791     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90075-1     Document Type: Article

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