Diagnostic accuracy of the Leishmania OligoC-TesT and NASBA-oligochromatography for diagnosis of leishmaniasis in Sudan

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Saad, Alfarazdeg A ^a   Ahmed, Nuha G ^a   Osman, Osman S ^a   Al Basheer, Ahmed Almustafa ^a   Hamad, Awad ^a   Deborggraeve, Stijn ^b,c   Büscher, Philippe ^b   Schoone, Gerard J ^d   Schallig, Henk D ^d   Laurent, Thierry ^e   Haleem, Ahmed ^a   Osman, Omran F ^a   Eltom, Ahmed Mohamedain ^a   Elbashir, Mustafa I ^a   El Safi, Sayda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e Coris BioConcept ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED ASSAY; OLIGOCHROMATOGRAPHY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDAN;

EID: 78149241107     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000776     Document Type: Article

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