PCR detection of Leishmania in skin biopsies

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-122

  Lemrani, Meryem ^a   Hamdi, Salsabil ^a   Laamrani, Abderahmane ^b   Hassar, Mohammed ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

^b Ministry of Health Morocco   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; Leishmania; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; METHODOLOGY; MOROCCO; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT;

DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MOROCCO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 73349094099     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.511     Document Type: Article

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