Rapid identification of Leishmania complexes by a real-time PCR assay

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 999-1004

  Wortmann, Glenn ^a   Hochberg, Lisa ^b   Houng, Huo Hsu ^b   Sweeney, Colleen ^b   Zapor, Michael ^a   Aronson, Naomi ^a   Weina, Peter ^b   Ockenhouse, Christian F ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA VIANNIA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROMASTIGOTE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; VIANNIA;

EID: 29844454214     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.999     Document Type: Article

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