A FRET-Based Real-Time PCR Assay to Identify the Main Causal Agents of New World Tegumentary Leishmaniasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tsukayama, Pablo ^a   Núñez, Jorge H ^a   De Los Santos, Maxy ^a   Soberón, Valeria ^a   Lucas, Carmen M ^a   Matlashewski, Greg ^b   Llanos Cuentas, Alejandro ^c   Ore, Marianela ^d   Baldeviano, G Christian ^a   Edgel, Kimberly A ^a   Lescano, Andres G ^a   Graf, Paul C F ^a,e   Bacon, David J ^a,f  

^a California   (Peru)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^d HOSPITAL MILITAR CENTRAL   (Peru)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; DNA ISOLATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEGUMENTARY LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84873490575     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001956     Document Type: Article

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