Sensitive diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis by lesion swab sampling coupled to qPCR

Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1891-1897

  Adams, Emily R ^a,b   Gomez, Maria Adelaida ^c   Scheske, Laura ^a   Rios, Ruby ^c   Marquez, Ricardo ^c   Cossio, Alexandra ^c   Albertini, Audrey ^d   Schallig, Henk ^a   Saravia, Nancy Gore ^c  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

^d FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cutaneous leishmaniasis; diagnosis; molecular diagnosis; qPCR; swab sampling

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYZER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA COLLECTOR; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LESION ASPIRATION; LESION SWAB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMEAR; TREATMENT DURATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927910035     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182014001280     Document Type: Article

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