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Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification and nested PCR of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) for Histoplasma capsulatum detection
26 Aug 2019
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BACKGROUND: Histoplasmosis is a neglected disease that affects mainly immunocompromised patients, presenting a progressive dissemination pattern and a high mortality rate, mainly due to delayed diagnosis, caused by slow fungal growth in culture. Therefore, a fast, suitable and cost-effective assay is required for the diagnosis of histoplasmosis in resource-limited laboratories. This study aimed to develop and...
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