Comparison of different primes for PCR-based diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to analyze different primers that are commonly used in epidemiological studies for the detection of Leishmania DNA by PCR, and to compare them to the conventional direct parasite search for American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) diagnosis. MATERIAL AND METH...

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Main Authors: Diego Molina de Oliveira, Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni, Ueslei Teodoro, Thais Gomes Verzignassi Silveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000300004&lng=en&tlng=en