Detection and identification of old world Leishmania by high resolution melt analysis.

• Main Authors: Dalit Talmi-Frank (Author), Abedelmajeed Nasereddin (Author), Lionel F Schnur (Author), Gabriele Schönian (Author), Seray Ozensoy Töz (Author), Charles L Jaffe (Author), Gad Baneth (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Three major forms of human disease, cutaneous leishmaniasis, visceral leishmaniasis and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, are caused by several leishmanial species whose geographic distribution frequently overlaps. These Leishmania species have diverse reservoir hosts, sand...