Detection of circulating Leishmania chagasi DNA for the non-invasive diagnosis of human infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-395

  Disch, Jolande ^a   Maciel, F C ^a   de Oliveira, M C ^a   Orsini, M ^a   Rabello, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi; Polymerase chain reaction; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PURIFICATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; VOLUNTEER;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 7744240008     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90066-6     Document Type: Article

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