Dientamoeba fragilis: Molecular biology techniques for the elucidation of its mode of transmission;Dientamoeba fragilis: Técnicas moleculares para dilucidar su modo de transmisión

Parasitologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 25-31

  Menghi, Claudia I ^a   Makiya, Ricardo ^a   Gatta, Claudia L ^a   Méndez, Oscar C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Co infections; Dientamoeba fragilis DNA; DNase assay; Enterobius vermicularis; Restriction digest analysis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749318187     PISSN: 07177704     EISSN: 07177712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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