PCR diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic region, Mymensingh district, Bangladesh

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-503

  Alam, Mohammad Zahangir ^a,b   Shamsuzzaman, Abul Khair M ^c   Kuhls, Katrin ^a   Schönian, Gabriele ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c MYMENSINGH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Epidemiology; Internal transcribed spacer 1 polymerase chain reaction; Kala azar; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1;

BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; BONE MARROW; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; MYMENSINGH; SOUTH ASIA;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 65649088244     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02254.x     Document Type: Article

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