Real-time-PCR assay for diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2168-2172

  Roy, Shantanu ^a   Kabir, Mamun ^a   Mondal, Dinesh ^a   Ali, Ibne Karim M ^a,b   Petri Jr , William A ^c,d   Haque, Rashidul ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMEBIASIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER ABSCESS; MOLECULAR BEACON; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; HUMANS; LIVER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 18544367212     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2168-2172.2005     Document Type: Article

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