PCR-based detection of Leishmania DNA in skin samples of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis patients from an endemic area of Bangladesh

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 315-317

  Nasreen, Syeda Anjuman ^a   Hossain, Md Akram ^a   Paul, Shyamal Kumar ^a   Mahmud, Md Chand ^a   Ahmed, Salma ^a   Ghosh, Souvik ^b   Kobayashi, Nobumichi ^b  

^a MYMENSINGH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POST KALA AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84866263202     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.65.315     Document Type: Article

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