Molecular diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis: Identification of Leishmania species by PCR-RFLP and quantification of parasite DNA by real-time PCR

Acta Tropica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-294

  Quaresma, Patrícia Flávia ^a   Murta, Silvane Maria Fonseca ^a   de Castro Ferreira, Eduardo ^a   da Rocha Lima, Ana Cristina Vianna Mariano ^a   Xavier, Ana Amélia Prates ^a   Gontijo, Célia Maria Ferreira ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine visceral leishmaniasis; Leishmania infantum chagasi; Molecular diagnosis; PCR RFLP; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

CANID; DNA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; PROTOZOAN; REAL TIME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG DISEASE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN EXAMINATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 67650594914     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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