Molecular diagnosis of old world cutaneous leishmaniasis and species identification by use of a reverse line blot hybridization assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2848-2855

  Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^a,b   Bensoussan Hermano, Esther ^a   Schönian, Gabriele ^c   Baneth, Gad ^a   Jaffe, Charles L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TITRIMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 53649101780     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00951-08     Document Type: Article

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