The development of diagnostic PCR primers for Cryptosporidium using RAPD-PCR

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-108

  Morgan, Una M ^a   O'Brien, Philip A ^a   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Detection; Diagnosis; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; RAPD

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 0030009960     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02577-7     Document Type: Article

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