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SUBMITTER: Giordani F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3957857 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20131223 3
Light-emitting diode (LED) fluorescence microscopy offers potential benefits in the diagnosis of human African trypanosomiasis and in other aspects of diseases management, such as detection of drug-resistant strains. To advance such approaches, reliable and specific fluorescent markers to stain parasites in human fluids are needed. Here we describe a series of novel green fluorescent diamidines and their suitability as probes with which to stain trypanosomes. ...[more]