Quantitative real time PCR assays for the detection of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in animals and humans

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 122-128

  De Paiva Cavalcanti, Milena ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b   Da Cunha Gonçalves de Albuquerque, Suênia ^a   Silva de Morais, Rayana Carla ^a   de Brito, Maria Edileuza Felinto ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^b   Brandão Filho, Sinval Pinto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Leishmania spp.; Molecular targets; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

EID: 84876976089     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: 10961194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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