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Early detection of novel Leishmania species DNA in the saliva of two HIV-infected patients
24 Feb 2016
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BACKGROUND: Leishmaniasis caused by two new species of Leishmania; L. siamensis and L. martiniquensis have been recently described in Thailand. The disease has mainly been documented in AIDS patients from southern Thailand. In this study, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to determine HIV-Leishmania co-infection in southern Thailand. METHODS: One ml of saliva and 3 ml of EDTA blood were collected from...
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