Detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in the definitive host: Coprodiagnosis by PCR as an alternative to necropsy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1871-1876

  Dinkel, Anke ^a   Von Nickisch Rosenegk, Markus ^b   Bilger, Birgit ^a   Merli, Michael ^a   Lucius, Richard ^b   Romig, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031808901     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.1871-1876.1998     Document Type: Article

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