MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF AMERICAN CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN THE TRI‑BORDER AREA OF ASSIS BRASIL, ACRE STATE, BRAZIL
SUMMARY In this study, Leishmaniaspecies were identified by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The epidemiology of patients suspected of having American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the municipality of Assis Brasil, Acre State, located in the Brazil/Peru/Bolivia triborder was also investigated. By PCR,...
Main Authors: | Carolina Bioni Garcia TELES, Jansen Fernandes MEDEIROS, Ana Paula de Azevedo dos SANTOS, Luís Antônio Rodrigues de FREITAS, Tony Hiroshi KATSURAGAWA, Lilian Motta CANTANHÊDE, Ricardo de Godoi Mattos FERREIRA, Luís Marcelo Aranha CAMARG |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
2015-08-01
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Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652015000400343&lng=en&tlng=en |
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