Detection and differentiation of Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum by dual TaqMan assays

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1099-1105

  Jothikumar, N ^a   Da Silva, A J ^a   Moura, I ^a,b   Qvarnstrom, Y ^a   Hill, V R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51149101877     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/001461-0     Document Type: Article

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