Quantification of Leishmania (Viannia) Kinetoplast DNA in Ulcers of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Reveals Inter-site and Inter-sampling Variability in Parasite Load.

• Main Authors: Milagros Suárez (Author), Braulio M Valencia (Author), Marlene Jara (Author), Milena Alba (Author), Andrea K Boggild (Author), Jean-Claude Dujardin (Author), Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas (Author), Jorge Arevalo (Author), Vanessa Adaui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a skin disease caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania. Few studies have assessed the influence of the sample collection site within the ulcer and the sampling method on the sensitivity of parasitological and molecular diagnostic techniques for CL. Sensitivity of...