Polymerase chain reaction with lesion scrapping for the diagnosis of human American tegumentary leishmaniasis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-430

  Venazzi, Eneide Aparecida Sabaini ^a   Roberto, Andréa Claudia Bekner Silva ^a   Barbosa Tessmann, Ione Parra ^a   Zanzarini, Paulo Donizeti ^a   Lonardoni, Maria Valdrinez Campana ^a   Silveira, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American tegumentary leishmaniasis; Laboratorial diagnosis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747149612     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000400014     Document Type: Article

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