Non-Invasive Cytology Brush PCR Diagnostic Testing in Mucosal Leishmaniasis: Superior Performance to Conventional Biopsy with Histopathology

• Andrea K. Boggild ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea K. Boggild, Braulio Mark Valencia

  * E-mail: andrea.boggild@utoronto.ca

  Affiliation Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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• Braulio Mark Valencia ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea K. Boggild, Braulio Mark Valencia

  Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru

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• Nicolas Veland,

  Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru

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• Ana Pilar Ramos,

  Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru

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• Flor Calderon,

  Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru

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• Jorge Arevalo,

  Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru, Departamento de Bioquimica, Biologia Molecular y Farmacologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru

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• Donald E. Low,

  Affiliations Laboratories Branch, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Etobicoke, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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• Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas

  Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

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