Diagnosis of Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis by Nucleic Acid Detection Using PCR

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BACKGROUND: PCR based diagnosis for Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), despite numerous published primers, remains far from being applied in the field. The present study was planned to design a Leishmania specific diagnostic assay and to evaluate its sensitivity and specificity on a sample size, which to the best of our knowledge is the largest ever screened in one study. METHODS: Leishmania specific primers were...

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