Sensitivity and Specificity of Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification Method for Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Sensitivity and Specificity of Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification Method for Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Abstract Background and Objective: Culture, microscopic method is a gold standard method for identification of Lishmania parasite. The use of Molecular methods such as RT- PCR compared to microscopic methods has a higher sensitivity and specificity however, it is not widely used due to its expensive...

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Main Authors: AR Niazi, F Koohsar, F Ghaffarifar, H Ziaei-Hezarjaribi, F Mesgarian, ON Jorjani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Golestan University of Medical Sciences 2014-07-01
Series:Medical Laboratory Journal
Subjects:
cutaneous leishmanisis
nasba
18s rrna
Online Access:http://mlj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-445-en.html

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