Detection of Cryptospondium parvum DNA in human feces by nested PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1769-1772

  Balatbat, A Benigno ^a   Jordan, George W ^a   Tang, Yajarayma J ^a   Silva Jr , Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029937195     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1769-1772.1996     Document Type: Article

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