A real-time PCR assay to estimate Leishmania chagasi load in its natural sand fly vector Lutzomyia longipalpis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 875-882

  Ranasinghe, Shalindra ^a,b   Rogers, Matthew E ^c,d   Hamilton, James G C ^a   Bates, Paul A ^c   Maingon, Rhayza D C ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Medical Sciences   (Sri Lanka)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leishmania; PCR; Sand fly; Sensitivity and specificity; Transmission

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PSYCHODIDAE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PSYCHODIDAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 48349095094     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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