Detection of Leishmania braziliensis in human paraffin-embedded tissues from Tucumán, Argentina by polymerase chain reaction

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-192

  Lanús, Elizabeth Córdoba ^a,d   Piñero, José Enrique ^b   González, Ana Cristina ^b   Valladares, Basilio ^b   De Grosso, Mercedes Lizarralde ^a   Salomón, Oscar Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentina; Diagnosis; Leishmania (V.) braziliensis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PARAFFIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS MEXICANA;

EID: 19744364247     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762005000200013     Document Type: Article

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