Blinded evaluation of DNA extraction and genotyping of stained Cryptosporidium on glass slides

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 486-488

  Amar, C F L ^a,b   Chalmers, R M ^c   Elwin, K ^c   Tynan, P ^c   McLauchlin, J ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABORATORIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; GENOTYPING; GLASS MICROSCOPE SLIDES; GLASS SLIDES; OOCYSTS; PROTEIN GENES; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS;

DNA;

DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; CARBOL FUCHSIN SOLUTION; CARBOL-FUCHSIN SOLUTION; FUCHSINE; OOCYST WALL PROTEIN, CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; PROTOZOAL DNA;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STAINING;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; ROSANILINE DYES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0036368467     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2002.01220.x     Document Type: Article

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