Evaluation of an immunofluorescent-antibody test using monoclonal antibodies directed against Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis for diagnosis of intestinal microsporidiosis in bamako (Mali)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1715-1718

  Alfa Cisse, O ^a   Ouattara, A ^a   Thellier, M ^a   Accoceberry, I ^a   Biligui, S ^a   Minta, D ^a   Doumbo, O ^a   Desportes Livage, I ^a   Thera, M A ^a   Danis, M ^a   Datry, A ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALI; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 18344374366     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1715-1718.2002     Document Type: Article

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