Characterization of Giardia duodenalis by polymerase-chain-reaction fingerprinting

Parasitology Research

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 707-714

  Homan, Wieger L ^a   Gilsing, Margriet ^a   Bentala, Hafida ^a   Limper, Louis ^a   Van Knapen, Frans ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031713806     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050474     Document Type: Article

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