Identification of Old World Leishmania spp. by specific polymerase chain reaction amplification of cysteine proteinase B genes and rapid dipstick detection

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-181

  Laurent, Thierry ^a,b   Van der Auwera, Gert ^a   Hide, Mallorie ^c   Mertens, Pascal ^b   Quispe Tintaya, Wilber ^a,e   Deborggraeve, Stijn ^a,d   De Doncker, Simonne ^a   Leclipteux, Thierry ^b   Bañuls, Anne Laure ^c   Büscher, Philippe ^a   Dujardin, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Coris BioConcept ^*  (Belgium)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine protease B; Differential diagnosis; Dipstick; Leishmaniasis; Oligochromatography; Trypanosomatidae

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149496097     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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