Differentiating Taenia solium and Taenia saginata infections by simple hematoxylin-eosin staining and PCR-restriction enzyme analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-137

  Mayta, H ^a   Talley, A ^b   Gilman, R H ^a,c   Jimenez, J ^a   Verastegui, M ^a,d   Ruiz, M ^a   Garcia, H H ^a,d,e   Gonzalez, A E ^f  

^a Department of Pathology   (Peru)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Department of Microbiology ^*  (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; STAINING AND LABELING; TAENIA; TAENIASIS;

EID: 0033989457     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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