The biological diagnosis of leishmaniasis in HIV-infected patients

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Deniau, M ^a   Canavate C ^b   Faraut Gambarelli, F ^c   Marty, P ^d  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BIOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STANDARDIZATION; SUPERINFECTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0345689343     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803225002598     Document Type: Review

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