Comparison of conventional and polymerase chain reaction diagnostic techniques for leishmaniasis in the endemic region of Adana, Turkey

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 569-572

  Culha, Gulnaz ^a,b,c   Uzun, Soner ^a,b,c   Ozcan, Kadri ^a,b,c   Memisoglu, Hamdi R ^a,b,c   Chang, Kwang Poo ^a,b,c  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; KINETOPLAST DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY;

EID: 33646193754     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02695.x     Document Type: Article

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