Detection of Leishmania kDNA in human serum samples for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1269-1272

  de Assis, Tália Santana Machado ^a   Caligiorne, Rachel Basques ^a   Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra ^b   Rabello, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diagnosis; kDNA; PCR; Sensitivity and specificity; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, KINETOPLAST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350621374     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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