The ability of T2/B4 primers to detect Leishmania infantum among peripheral blood of visceral leishmaniasis patients in Iran

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 860-864

  Kazemi, Bahram ^a   Bijanpour, Hosein ^b   Asgharzadeh, Mohammad ^c   Ghazanchaei, Ardavan ^d   Gavgani, AbdolSamad Mazloumi ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genomic DNA PCR; Kenitoplast DNA PRC; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BASE PAIRING; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITE CULTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 42149176854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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