Specific and rapid detection of Microsporidia in stool specimens from AIDS patients by PCR

Parasite

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-86

  Ombrouck, C ^a   Ciceron, L ^a   Desportes Livage, I ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

AIDS; Microsporidia; PCR; Stools

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; MICROSPORIDIA;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSPORIDA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; FECES; HUMANS; MICROSPORIDA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030101340     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1996031085     Document Type: Article

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