Quantitative PCR in the diagnosis of Leishmania;PCR quantitativa nella diagnosi di Leishmania

Parassitologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 163-167

  Mortarino, M ^a   Franceschi, A ^a,b   Mancianti, F ^b   Bazzocchi, C ^a   Genchi, C ^a   Bandi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE; MOLECULAR PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 4844227614     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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