The method used to sample ulcers influences the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages S169-

  Ramírez, JoséRobinson ^a   Agudelo, Sonia ^a   Muskus, Carlos ^a   Alzate, Juan Fernando ^a   Berberich, Christof ^b   Barker, Douglas C ^c   Vélez, Iván Darío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colombia; Diagnosis; Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania panamensis; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; GENETICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEISHMANIA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ULCER; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 19044379811     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90071-4     Document Type: Article

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