Distinguishing Leishmania tropica and Leishmania major in the Middle East using the polymerase chain reaction with kinetoplast DNA-specific primers

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Anders, Gerlind ^a   Eisenberger, Carol L ^a   Jonas, Flory ^b   Greenblatt, Charles L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Israel; Leishmania infantum; Leishmania major; Leishmania tropica; Leishmaniasis; Middle East; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; ADULT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 16744366071     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90057-x     Document Type: Article

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