PCR for identification of species causing American cutaneous leishmaniasis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 691-699

  Berzunza Cruz, Miriam ^a   Bricaire, Guadalupe ^b   Salaiza Suazo, Norma ^a   Pérez Montfort, Ruy ^c   Becker, Ingeborg ^a  

^a SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA VENEZUELENSIS; MAMMALIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

AMERICAS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 63849123097     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1247-2     Document Type: Article

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