Comparison of nine commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for detection of Giardia lamblia in fecal specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1338-1340

  Aldeen, William E ^a   Carroll, K ^b   Robison, A ^b   Morrison, M ^b   Hale, D ^b  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031978624     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1338-1340.1998     Document Type: Article

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