Differential diagnosis of Taenia saginata and Taenia solium infections: From DNA probes to polymerase chain reaction

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages S243-

  González, Luis Miguel ^a   Montero, Estrella ^a   Sciutto, Edda ^b   Harrison, Leslie J S ^c   Parkhouse, R MichaelE ^d   Garate, Teresa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Differential diagnosis; Taenia saginata; Taenia solium; Taeniasis

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELMINTH DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA PROBE; DNA SCREENING; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PHAGE DISPLAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; TAENIASIS; WATER ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; TAENIA;

BOVINAE; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; SUIDAE; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; TAENIIDAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PROBES; DNA, HELMINTH; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAENIA; TAENIASIS;

EID: 0036338328     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90083-0     Document Type: Article

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