Comparison of autofluorescence and iodine staining for detection of Isospora belli in feces

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 304-305

  Bialek, Ralf ^a   Binder, Nicole ^a   Dietz, Klaus ^a   Knobloch, Jürgen ^a   Zelck, Ulrike E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOSPORA BELLI; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; STAINING;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORA BELLI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036748518     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.304     Document Type: Article

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