Molecular epidemiology of amebiasis

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 698-707

  Ali, Ibne Karim M ^a   Clark, C Graham ^b   Petri Jr , William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Diagnosis; Genetic diversity; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMEBIASIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII;

EID: 50249157977     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.05.004     Document Type: Note

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