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SUBMITTER: Sagi O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5543577 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sagi Orli O Berkowitz Anat A Codish Shlomi S Novack Victor V Rashti Aviv A Akad Fouad F Shemer-Avni Yonat Y
Open forum infectious diseases 20170224 2
<h4>Background</h4>Rapid diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and identification of <i>Leishmania</i> species is highly important for the disease management. In Israel, CL is caused mainly by <i>Leishmania major</i> and <i>Leishmania tropica</i> species.<h4>Methods</h4>We established an easy to handle point of care lesion-swabbing, combined with a highly sensitive multiplex real time PCR (multiplex qPCR) for accurate and rapid diagnosis of <i>Leishmania</i> species.<h4>Results</h4>Using thr ...[more]