TaqMan-based detection of Leishmania infantum DNA using canine samples

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1026, Issue , 2004, Pages 139-143

  Vitale, F ^a   Reale, S ^a   Vitale, M ^a   Petrotta, E ^a   Torina, A ^a   Caracappa, S ^a  

^a Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale 'A Mirri'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amastigotes; DNA; Leishmania infantum; Minicircle kinetoplast DNA (kDNA); Primers; Probe; Real time PCR; TaqMan; ZMON1; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 10444259906     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1307.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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