Specific PCR primers for Cryptosporidium parvum with extra high sensitivity

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-39

  Wu, Z ^a   Nagano, I ^a   Matsuo, A ^a   Uga, S ^b   Kimata, I ^c   Iseki, M ^c   Takahashi, Y ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; PCR; Primer

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034071827     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1999.0280     Document Type: Article

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