Single-step duplex kDNA-PCR for detection of Leishmania donovani complex in human peripheral blood samples

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-400

  Disch, Jolande ^a   Caligiorne, Rachel B ^a   Maciel, Fabiana ^a   Oliveira, Maria C ^a   Orsini, Marcela ^a,b   Dias Neto, Emmanuel ^c   Rabello, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Minicircle kDNA; PCR; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, KINETOPLAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 33845187639     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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