Detection of Cryptosporidium and identification to the species level by nested PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1017-1023

  Coupe, Stephane ^a,c,d   Sarfati, Claudine ^a,b   Hamane, Samia ^b   Derouin, Francis ^a,b  

^a Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c PolyParc ^*  (France)

^d Laboratoire de Mycologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FELIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 14944341945     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1017-1023.2005     Document Type: Article

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