Detection of Leishmania infantum crytic infection in asymptomatic blood donors living in an endemic area (Eivissa, Balearic Island, Spain) by different diagnostic methods

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-110

  Riera, C ^a   Fisa, R ^a   Udina, M ^b   Gallego M ^a   Portus, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CAN MISSES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Cryptic leishmanias; Leishmania infantum; Nested PCR; Prevalence; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 1642513750     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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