Validation of the polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in north-west Colombia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages S165-

  Isaza, Diana Maria ^a   Arboleda, Margarita ^a,b   Restrepo, Marcos ^a   McCann, Sharon H E ^c   Barker, Douglas C ^c  

^a Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical   (Colombia)

^b ESE Hospital 'Antonio Roldan Betancur'   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colombia; Diagnosis; Leishmania (Viannia) spp.; Leishmaniasis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECORDING; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; CHILD; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VALIDATION STUDY;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; VIANNIA;

KINETOPLAST DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; COLOMBIA; DNA, KINETOPLAST; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17444454409     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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