Sensitivity and reproducibility of a PCR assay for Leishmania detection using skin biopsy imprints on filter paper

Acta Tropica

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-77

  Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra ^a   Noronha, Elza Ferreira ^a   Pirmez, Claude ^b   Pires, Felipe do Espírito Santo Silva ^b   Fernandes, Octavio ^b   Nehme, Nédia Saad ^b   Cupolillo, Elisa ^b   Firoozmand, Lília ^b   Graça, Grazielle Cardoso da ^b   Volpini, Ângela ^b   Santos, Sara Lopes ^b   Romanha, Alvaro José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; Filter paper; Leishmania braziliensis; PCR; Reliability

Indexed keywords

DNA; ISOENZYME;

BIOASSAY; DETECTION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENOME IMPRINTING; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CHILD; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

EID: 56949088218     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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