Species-specific identification of microsporidia in stool and intestinal biopsy specimens by the polymerase chain reaction

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 369-376

  Kock, N P ^a   Petersen, H ^b   Fenner, T ^b   Sobottka, I ^c   Schmetz, C ^a   Deplazes, P ^d   Pieniazek, N J ^e   Albrecht, H ^c   Schottelius, J ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Laboratory Dres Fenner and Partners   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MALE; MICROSPORA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FECES; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030940349     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01726365     Document Type: Article

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