An Evaluation of Molecular Diagnostic Tools for the Detection and Differentiation of Human-Pathogenic Cryptosporidium spp.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 542-547

  Jiang, Jianlin ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

DETECTION METHOD;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FELIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0347597099     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00623.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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