Cryptosporidium infection: Diagnostic techniques

Parasitology Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-152

  Magi, Barbara ^a   Canocchi, Valentina ^a   Tordini, Giacinta ^a   Cellesi, Carla ^a   Barberi, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EUROPE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STAINING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING AND LABELING;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 29144511482     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0050-6     Document Type: Article

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