Laboratory Diagnosis of Amebiasis

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 713-729

  Tanyuksel, Mehmet ^a   Petri Jr , William A ^b,c  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AMEBA COLITIS; AMEBIASIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; COLITIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PARASITOLOGY;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0142094996     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.16.4.713-729.2003     Document Type: Review

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