Comparison of three methods for diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Iranian Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Pourmohammadi, B ^a,b   Motazedian, M ^a   Hatam, G ^a   Kalantari, M ^a   Habibi, P ^a   Sarkari, B ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 78651249804     PISSN: 17357020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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