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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Main Authors: Gilberto Silva Nunes Bezerra, Walter Lins Barbosa, Júnior, Elis Dionísio da Silva, Nilma Cintra Leal, Zulma Maria de Medeiros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867019300479