Comparison of a stool antigen detection kit and PCR for diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar infections in asymptomatic cyst passers in Iran

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2258-2261

  Solaymani Mohammadi, Shahram ^a,c   Rezaian, Mostafa ^a   Babaei, Zahra ^a   Rajabpour, Azam ^b   Meamar, Ahmad R ^a   Pourbabai, Ahmad A ^b   Petri Jr , William A ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; LUGOL; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMEBIASIS; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIENTAMOEBA; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; IRAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII;

EID: 33745146880     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00530-06     Document Type: Article

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