Real-time PCR for detection and differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in fecal samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4413-4417

  Blessmann, Joerg ^a   Buss, Heidrun ^a   Nu, Phuong A Ton ^b   Dinh, Binh T ^b   Ngo, Quynh T Viet ^b   Van, An Le ^b   Alla, Mohamed D Abd ^c   Jackson, Terry F H G ^d   Ravdin, Jonathan I ^c   Tannich, Egbert ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Medical College   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPISOME; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 18744364152     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4413-4417.2002     Document Type: Article

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