Comparison of PCR assays for diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1435-1439

  Bensoussan, Esther ^a   Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^a   Jonas, Flory ^a   Schnur, Lionel F ^a   Jaffe, Charles L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; KINETOPLAST DNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISRAEL; KINETOPLAST DNA POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOSOMAL RNA GENE INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1 POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMEAR; SPLICED LEADER MINI EXON POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 33645950070     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1435-1439.2006     Document Type: Article

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