Molecular diagnosis of leishmaniosis in the Paranástate of southern Brazil

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1024-1030

  de Fátima Arruda Pereira, Elisângela ^a   Thomaz Soccol, Vanete ^a   Lima, Hermênio Cavalcante ^a   Thomaz Soccol, Andréa ^a   de Castro, Edilene Alcântara ^a   Mulinari Brenner, Fabiane ^a   Queiroz Telles, Flávio ^a   Luz, Ennio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DNA primers; Leishmania; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECTHYMA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER; SMEAR; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SYPHILIS; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56349167602     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2008.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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