Rapid identification of Leishmania spp. in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1117-1126

  Frickmann, Hagen ^a,b   Alnamar, Yaser ^c   Essig, Andreas ^c   Clos, Joachim ^d   Racz, Paul ^d   Barth, Thomas F ^c   Hagen, Ralf M ^a   Fischer, Marcellus ^a   Poppert, Sven ^d  

^a Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg   (Germany)

^b ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Formalin; Leishmania; Paraffin; Rapid diagnostics; Tissue

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

FLUORESCENCE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMER; PROBE; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT; WAX;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BONE MARROW; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TRYPANOSOMA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MICE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MUS; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84865549225     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03024.x     Document Type: Article

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