Differential diagnosis of Taenia saginata and Taenia solium infection by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 737-744

  González, Luis Miguel ^a   Montero, Estrella ^a   Harrison, Leslie J S ^b   Parkhouse, R Michael E ^c   Garate, Teresa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0343503038     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.737-744.2000     Document Type: Article

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