Response to Silva et al.: Usefulness of PCR-based methods for screening Leishmania in epidemiological studies

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 552-553

  Oliveira, Fernanda S ^a   Brazil, Reginaldo P ^a   Pacheco, Raquel S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLICATION; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 27644557454     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.09.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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