Use of polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of toxocariasis: An experimental study

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 541-544

  Rai, Shiba Kumar ^a   Uga, Shoji ^b   Wu, Zhiliang ^c   Takahashi, Yuzo ^c   Matsumura, Takeo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, HELMINTH; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031219233     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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