Value of culture and nested polymerase chain reaction of blood in the prediction of relapses in patients co-infected with Leishmania and human immunodeficiency virus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1012-1015

  Riera, Cristina ^a   Fisa, Roser ^a   Ribera, Esteban ^b   Carrió, Jaume ^a   Falcó, Vicenç ^b   Gállego, Montserrat ^a   Moner, Lluis ^c   Molina, Israel ^b   Portús, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 29844453915     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.1012     Document Type: Article

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