New PCR assay using glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase for identification of Leishmania species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 540-546

  Castilho, Tiago M ^a   Jon Shaw, Jeffrey ^a   Floeter Winter, Lucile M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTOZOAL DNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ENZYME ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZYMODEME ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VIANNIA;

EID: 0037312152     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.540-546.2003     Document Type: Article

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