Distribution and differential diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica from Entamoeba dispar by the PCR-RFLP method in Central Iran

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 363-366

  Hooshyar, Hossein ^a   Rezaian, Mostafa ^a   Kazemi, Bahram ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Entamoeba dispar; Entamoeba histolytica; Iran; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PRIMER RNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; IRAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0346901086     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2003.363     Document Type: Article

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