Urine as a promising sample for Leishmania DNA extraction in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis – a review
Visceral leishmaniasis is a serious and debilitating infection with high fatality rate in tropical and subtropical countries. As clinical symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis are not so specific, confirmatory diagnostic methods with high sensitivity and specificity are needed. Noninvasive methods have...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-03-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867019300479 |