Usefulness of PCR method for detection of Leishmania in Poland

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-222

  Myjak, Przemysław ^a   Szulta, Joanna ^a   De Almeida, Marcos E ^b   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^b   Steurer, Francis ^b   Lass, Anna ^a   Pietkiewicz, Halina ^a   Nahorski, Wacław L ^a   Goljan, Jolanta ^a   Knap, Józef ^c   Szostakowska, Beata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Leishmaniosis in Poland; Molecular diagnosis (PCR)

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA TEMPLATE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL MEDICINE;

EID: 70350726298     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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