Prospective value of PCR amplification and sequencing for diagnosis and typing of Old World Leishmania infections in an area of nonendemicity

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1419-1422

  Gangneux, Jean Pierre ^a,b,e   Menotti, Jean ^a   Lorenzo, Frédéric ^a   Sarfati, Claudine ^a   Blanche, Hélène ^c   Bui, Hung ^c   Pratlong, Francine ^d   Garin, Yves Jean François ^a   Derouin, Francis ^a  

^a Section of Radiology   (France)

^b RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Lab Ecol Med/Pathol Parasitaire   (France)

^e Lab de Parasitologie Mycologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037387037     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1419-1422.2003     Document Type: Article

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