Simplified molecular detection of leishmania parasites in various clinical samples from patients with leishmaniasis

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mugasa, Claire M ^a,b   Laurent, Thierry ^c   Schoone, Gerard J ^b   Basiye, Frank L ^d   Saad, Alfarazdeg A ^e   El Safi, Sayda ^e   Kager, Piet A ^f   Schallig, Henk D F H ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Coris BioConcept ^*  (Belgium)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOCHROMATOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTH AMERICA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 77949983955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-13     Document Type: Article

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