Polymerase chain reaction detection of leishmania kDNA from the urine of Peruvian patients with cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 556-561

  Veland, Nicolas ^a   Espinosa, Diego ^b   Valencia, Braulio Mark ^a   Ramos, Ana Pilar ^a   Calderon, Flor ^a   Arevalo, Jorge ^c   Low, Donald E ^d,e   Llanos Cuentas, Alejandro ^a   Boggild, Andrea K ^f  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE B; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; KINETOPLAST DNA; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; SMEAR; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; URINE;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, KINETOPLAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958001357     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0556     Document Type: Article

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