Protocol for DNA extraction of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in fecal samples

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-167

  Gonçalves, Elenice M N ^a   Araújo, Ronalda S ^a   Orban, Magali ^a   Matté, Glavur R ^a   Matté, Maria Helena ^a   Corbett, Carlos E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium spp.; Diagnosis; Molecular techniques

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47049117838     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008005000002     Document Type: Article

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