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Detection, differentiation, and quantitation of pathogenic leishmania organisms by a fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based real-time PCR assay.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2003
Schulz Alexandra, Mellenthin Katja, Schönian Gabriele, Fleischer Bernhard, Drosten Christian
Abstract excerpt
Real-time technology eliminates many of the pitfalls of diagnostic PCR, but this method has not been applied to differentiation of Leishmania organisms so far. We have developed a real-time PCR that simultaneously detects, quantitates, and categorizes Leishmania organisms into three relevant groups causing distinct clinical pictures. The analytical sensitivity (detection rate of >or=95% at 94.1 parasites/ml of...
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