Comparison of different primes for PCR-based diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 204-210

  de Oliveira, Diego Molina ^a   Lonardoni, Maria Valdrinez Campana ^a   Theodoro, Ueslei ^a   Silveira, Tais Gomes Verzignassi ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DNA primers; Leishmania; Leishmaniasis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 79959597463     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1413-8670(11)70176-3     Document Type: Article

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