Development and application of an improved semiquantitative technique for detecting low-level Cryptosporidium parvum infections in mouse tissue using polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 182-186

  Jenkins, M C ^a   Trout, J ^a   Fayer, R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0031918532     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284557     Document Type: Article

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