A simplified and standardized polymerase chain reaction format for the diagnosis of leishmaniasis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1565-1572

  Deborggraeve, Stijn ^a,c   Laurent, Thierry ^b   Espinosa, Diego ^d   Van Der Auwera, Gert ^a   Mbuchi, Margaret ^e   Wasunna, Monique ^e   El Safi, Sayda ^f   Al Basheer, Ahmed Almustafa ^f   Arévalo, Jorge ^d   Miranda Verástegui, César ^d   Leclipteux, Thierry ^b   Mertens, Pascal ^b   Dujardin, Jean Claude ^a   Herdewijn, Piet ^c   Büscher, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Coris BioConcept ^*  (Belgium)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 54949127159     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592509     Document Type: Article

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