Rapid diagnosis of old world leishmaniasis by high-resolution melting analysis of the 7sl RNA gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2240-2242

  Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^a   Jaffe, Charles L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITHIDIA FASICULATA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPTOMONAS SEYMOURI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOMONAS DAVIDI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SAUROLEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, SMALL CYTOPLASMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952919811     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00553-10     Document Type: Article

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