Identification of Encephalitozoon intestinalis in travelers with chronic diarrhea by specific PCR amplification

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-40

  Raynaud, Laurent ^a,b   Delbac, Frederic ^c   Broussolle, Veronique ^c   Rabodonirina, Meja ^b   Girault, Veronique ^b   Wallon, Martine ^b   Cozon, Gregoire ^d   Vivares, Christian P ^c   Peyron, François ^b  

^a ESSA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ENDONUCLEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; HUMAN; MICROSPORA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TRAVEL;

ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031975056     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.37-40.1998     Document Type: Article

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