Outsourced real-time PCR diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the outbreak region of Constatine, Algeria;Diagnostic délocalisé par PCR temps réel de la leishmaniose cutanée sévissant dans le foyer de Constantine (Algérie)

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-44

  Mihoubi, I ^a   De Monbrison, F ^b   Romeuf, N ^b   Moulahem, T ^a   Picot, S ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalo Universitaire Dr Benbadis Constantine   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646188561     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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