PCR for detection and characterisation of parasites (Leishmania, Echinococcus, Microsporidia, Giardia);PCR zum Nachweis und zur Charakterisierung von Parasiten (Leishmania, Echinococcus, Microsporidia, Giardia)

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 133-138

  Mathis, A ^a,b   Deplazes, P ^a   Kohler P ^a   Eckert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Institut für Parasitologie

Author keywords

Characterisation; Diagnosis; Inhibition; Parasites; PCR

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FOX; GENETICS; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROSPORIDA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RABBIT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FOXES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROSPORIDA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RABBITS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0030300250     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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