Distinguishing between pathogenic and non-pathogenic species of Entamoeba

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 613-615

  DiMiceli, Lauren ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT;

AMEBIASIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS HYBRIDIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TROPHOZOITE;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII;

EID: 4644301407     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/B81NPVAW8Y4BGY11     Document Type: Article

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