Acid fast staining versus ELISA for detection of cryptosporidium in stool

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-244

  Baveja, Usha K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HUMANS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0032227901     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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