Detection of Leishmania braziliensis in human paraffin-embedded tissues from Tucumán, Argentina by polymerase chain reaction

American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is an endemic disease in Northern Argentina. We applied the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by a hybridization labelled probe to 21 paraffin embedded human skin biopsies, already analyzed histologically, from leishmaniasis endemic areas in the province...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Córdoba Lanús, José Enrique Piñero, Ana Cristina González, Basilio Valladares, Mercedes Lizarralde de Grosso, Oscar Daniel Salomón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2005-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762005000200013