Development of a direct species-specific PCR assay for differential diagnosis of Leishmania tropica Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 55, 75-79, 2006 (DOI:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.12.001);Development of a direct species-specific PCR assay for differential diagnosis of Leishmania tropica

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-79

  Jirkù, Milan ^a,b   Zemanová, Eva ^a,b   Al Jawabreh, Amer ^c,d   Schönian, Gabriele ^c   Lukeš, Julius ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Islah Charitable Social Society   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Kinetoplastids; Leishmania tropica; PCR assay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON;

EID: 33646159521     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.10.020     Document Type: Erratum

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