Leishmania (Viannia) subgenus kDNA amplification for the diagnosis of mucosal leishmaniasis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-190

  Disch, Jolande ^a   Pedras, Mariana Junqueira ^a   Orsini, Marcela ^a   Pirmez, Claude ^b   De Oliveira, Maria Cláudia ^a   Castro, Marcelo ^c   Rabello, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania (Viannia) subgenus; Mucosal leishmaniasis; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON;

EID: 17644411688     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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