Quantification of Leishmania infantum DNA by a real-time PCR assay with high sensitivity

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 5249-5255

  Mary, Charles ^a   Faraut, Françoise ^a   Lascombe, Laurie ^a   Dumon, Henri ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; DNA POLYMERASE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSE; RELIABILITY; REPORTER GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 8644249686     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5249-5255.2004     Document Type: Article

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