Molecular methods for diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica in a clinical setting: An overview

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-43

  Paul, Jaishree ^a   Srivastava, Shweta ^a   Bhattacharya, Sudha ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Entamoeba strains; Microarray; Molecular markers; SINE elements; STR analysis; Transposon display

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RETROELEMENTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 33947096919     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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