Erratum: Evaluation of PCR-RFLP (based on ITS-1 and HaeIII) for the detection of Leishmania species, using Greek canine isolates and Jordanian clinical material' (Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (2007) 101 (399-407) DOI:10.1179/136485907X176436));Evaluation of PCR-RFLP (based on ITS-1 and HaeIII) for the detection of Leishmania species, using Greek canine isolates and Jordanian clinical material

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 399-407

  Dweik, A ^a   Schonian G ^b   Karanis, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GREECE; HUMAN; JORDAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 34748922884     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485909X398195     Document Type: Erratum

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