Leishmania aethiopica: Development of specific and sensitive PCR diagnostic test

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-395

  Kuru, Teklu ^a   Janusz, Nick ^a   Gadisa, Endalamaw ^b   Gedamu, Lashitew ^a   Aseffa, Abraham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cpb; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania aethiopica

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEASE B; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYSTEINE PROTEASE B GENE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CYSTEINE PROTEASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 79960561536     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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