Sensitive PCR diagnosis of infections by Enterocytozoon bieneusi (microsporidia) using primers based on the region coding for small-subunit rRNA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 986-987

  Da Silva, Alexandre J ^a,d   Schwartz, David A ^b   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^a   De Moura, Hercules ^c   Slemenda, Susan B ^a   Pieniazek, Norman J ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MICROSPORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

EID: 0029876589     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.986-987.1996     Document Type: Article

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