Diagnosis of amebiasis in Bangladesh

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 272-275

  Haque, Rashidul ^a   Petri Jr , William A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Antigen detection; Diagnosis; E. histolytica; PCR

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PARASITE ANTIGEN; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

AMEBIASIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BANGLADESH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUS; REVIEW;

EID: 29344440245     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.09.001     Document Type: Review

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