Comparison between immunomagnetic separation, coupled with immunofluorescence, and the techniques of Faust et al. and of Lutz for the diagnosis of Giardia lamblia cysts in human feces

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 339-342

  Souza, Doris Sobral Marques ^a   Barreiros, Juliana Teixeira ^b   Papp, Karina Maria ^b   Steindel, Mário ^a   Simões, Cláudia Maria Oliveira ^c   Barardi, Célia Regina Monte ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b Medicina da UFSC   (Brazil)

^c Depto de Cie Farmaceuticas CIF/CCS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Diagnosis; Giardia lamblia; Giardiasis; Immunomagnetic separation technique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0348225323     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652003000600008     Document Type: Article

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