Real-time polymerase chain reaction diagnosis of leishmaniasis in Panama from both fresh and frozen tissue

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 148-151

  Wortmann, Glenn W ^a   Romero, L I ^b   Paz, H M ^c   Ortega Barria, E ^b   Bayard, V ^c   Hochberg, L P ^d   Ryan, J R ^d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Malaria Drug and Vaccine Evaluation Center   (Panama)

^d Walter Reed Institute of Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Leishmania; Panama; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STANDARD; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ADULT; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

PROTOZOA;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 1842452687     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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