Molecular diagnosis of leishmaniasis: Current status and future applications

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Reithinger, Richard ^a,b,c   Dujardin, Jean Claude ^d  

^a Clinical Trials Area   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE CULTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN BIOPSY;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846205114     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02029-06     Document Type: Short Survey

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