Polymorphism-specific PCR enhances the diagnostic performance of American tegumentary leishmaniasis and allows the rapid identification of Leishmania species from Argentina

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Marco, Jorge D ^a,b   Barroso, Paola A ^a,b   Mimori, Tatsuyuki ^c   Locatelli, Fabricio M ^b   Tomatani, Ayako ^b   Mora, María C ^a   Cajal, S P ^d   Nasser, Julio R ^d   Parada, Luis A ^a   Taniguchi, Taketoshi ^b   Korenaga, Masataka ^b   Basombrío, Miguel A ^a   Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa ^b,e  

^a Universidad Nacional de Salta   (Argentina)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Argentina; Diagnosis; Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania guyanensis; Leishmania panamensis; Leishmania strains; Leishmaniasis; PS PCR; Species identification; Tegumentary leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84864917099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-191     Document Type: Article

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