Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis by polymerase chain reaction of DNA extracted from Giemsa's solution-stained slides

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 727-730

  Pandey, Kishor ^a   Pandey, Basu Dev ^b   Mallik, Arun Kumar ^c   Kaneko, Osamu ^a   Uemura, Haruki ^a   Kanbara, Hiroji ^a   Yanagi, Tetsuo ^a   Hirayama, Kenji ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

^c Janakpur Zonal Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; AZURE STAINS; BONE MARROW; COLORING AGENTS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77955469266     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1920-0     Document Type: Article

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