A comparison of phase contrast microscopy and an immunofluorescence test for the detection of Giardia spp. in faecal specimens from cattle and wild rodents

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 250-251

  Karanis, P ^a,b   Opiela, K ^a   Al Arousi, M ^a   Seitz, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Inst fur Medizinische Parasitologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Giardia; Giardiasis; Immunofluorescence; Phase contrast microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; BOS TAURUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0029941572     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90235-7     Document Type: Article

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