PCR diagnosis and characterization of Leishmania in local and imported clinical samples

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 349-358

  Schönian, Gabriele ^a   Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^b   Dinse, Nicole ^a   Schweynoch, Carola ^a   Schallig, Henk D F H ^c   Presber, Wolfgang ^a   Jaffe, Charles L ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; PROTOZOAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

AMPLICON; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOG; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GERMANY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PALESTINE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

LEISHMANIA;

EID: 0041326659     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00093-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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