Diagnosis of kala-azar by nested PCR based on amplification of the Leishmania mini-exon gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2173-2177

  Katakura, Ken ^a   Kawazu, Shin Ichiro ^b   Naya, Toshimitsu ^c   Nagakura, Koichi ^d   Ito, Mamoru ^e   Aikawa, Masamichi ^d   Qu, Jing Qi ^f   Guan, Li Ren ^f   Zuo, Xin Pin ^g   Chai, Jun Jie ^g   Chang, K P ^h   Matsumoto, Yoshitsugu ^c  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

^f National Institute for Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^g Xinjiang Inst Endemic Dis C   (China)

^h Department of Psychology Univ Hlth Sci The Chicago Med S   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 17544390260     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.8.2173-2177.1998     Document Type: Article

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