Diagnosis of Carrion’s Disease by Direct Blood PCR in Thin Blood Smear Negative Samples

Juana del Valle Mendoza; Wilmer Silva Caso; Carmen Tinco Valdez; Maria J. Pons; Luis J. del Valle; Verónica Casabona Oré; Denisse Champin Michelena; Jorge Bazán Mayra; Víctor Zavaleta Gavidea; Martha Vargas; Joaquim Ruiz

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092283

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Diagnosis of Carrion’s Disease by Direct Blood PCR in Thin Blood Smear Negative Samples

Juana del Valle Mendoza ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Juana del Valle Mendoza, Wilmer Silva Caso

* E-mail: jdelvall@upc.edu.pe

Affiliations Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas - UPC, Lima, Peru, Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru
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Wilmer Silva Caso ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Juana del Valle Mendoza, Wilmer Silva Caso

Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas - UPC, Lima, Peru
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Carmen Tinco Valdez,

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru
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Maria J. Pons,

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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Luis J. del Valle,

Affiliation Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
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Verónica Casabona Oré,

Affiliations Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas - UPC, Lima, Peru, Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru
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Denisse Champin Michelena,

Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas - UPC, Lima, Peru
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Jorge Bazán Mayra,

Affiliation Dirección Regional de Salud de Cajamarca (DIRESA-Cajamarca), Cajamarca, Peru
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Víctor Zavaleta Gavidea,

Affiliation Dirección Regional de Salud de Cajamarca (DIRESA-Cajamarca), Cajamarca, Peru
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Martha Vargas,

Affiliation Fundación Clinic, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Joaquim Ruiz

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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Diagnosis of Carrion’s Disease by Direct Blood PCR in Thin Blood Smear Negative Samples

Juana del Valle Mendoza,
Wilmer Silva Caso,
Carmen Tinco Valdez,
Maria J. Pons,
Luis J. del Valle,
Verónica Casabona Oré,
Denisse Champin Michelena,
Jorge Bazán Mayra,
Víctor Zavaleta Gavidea,
Martha Vargas

Published: March 20, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092283

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