Five subgroups of Blastocystis hominis isolates from symptomatic and asymptomatic patients revealed by restriction site analysis of PCR-amplified 16S-like rDNA

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 771-778

  Bohm Gloning B ^a   Knobloch, J ^a   Walderich, B ^a  

^a Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S like rDNA; Blastocystis hominis; PCR; restriction analysis

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTEROPATHY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION SITE;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS;

EID: 0030747862     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-383.x     Document Type: Article

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