Evaluation of rapid extraction and isothermal amplification techniques for the detection of Leishmania donovani DNA from skin lesions of suspected cases at the point of need in Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by vector-borne protozoans. In Sri Lanka, the cutaneous form of the disease is predominant, which is usually diagnosed using Giemsa-stained slit skin smear examination and by histology. However, the sensitivity of slit skin smears and histology are repor...

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Autores principales: Gunaratna, Gayana, Manamperi, Aresha, Böhlken-Fascher, Susanne, Wickremasinge, Renu, Gunawardena, Kithsiri, Yapa, Bandujith, Pathirana, Nishantha, Pathirana, Hasantha, de Silva, Nilanthi, Sooriyaarachchi, Monica, Deerasinghe, Theja, Mondal, Dinesh, Ranasinghe, Shalindra, Abd El Wahed, Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30577826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3238-1

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