Performance of an immunoenzymatic assay for Cryptosporidium diagnosis of fecal samples

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-5

  Marques, Fabiana Rangel ^a   Cardoso, Luciana Ventura ^a   Cavasini, Carlos Eugênio ^a   De Almeida, Magali Carmem ^b   Bassi, Nair Aparecida ^b   Gottardo De Almeida, Margarete Teresa ^a   Baptista Rossit, Andréa Regina ^a   Dantas Machado, Ricardo Luiz ^a  

^a Center for Microorganism Investigation   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Brazil; Cryptosporidium diagnosis; Parasites

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EVALUATION; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 26044441921     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 14138670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702005000100002     Document Type: Review

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