Species-specific PCR assay for L. infantum/L. donovani discrimination

Acta Tropica

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-245

  Hide, Mallorie ^a   Bañuls, Anne Laure ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cysteine protease B; L. donovani complex; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 33846618222     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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