Development and validation of PCR-based assays for diagnosis of American cutaneous leishmaniasis and identification of the parasite species

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 664-674

  da Graça, Grazielle Cardoso ^a   Volpini, Angela Cristina ^a   Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra ^b   Neto, Manoel Paes de Oliveira ^c   Hueb, Marcia ^d   Porrozzi, Renato ^a   Boité, Mariana Côrtes ^a   Cupolillo, Elisa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

hsp70; Leishmaniasis; Molecular diagnosis; Polymerase chain reaction; RFLPs; Species identification

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84864049121     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000500014     Document Type: Article

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