Assessment of cryptodiag for diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis and genotyping Cryptosporidium species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2590-2594

  Savin, C ^a   Sarfati, C ^b,c   Menotti, J ^b,c   Jaouhari, J ^a   Wurtzer, S ^a   Garin, Y J F ^b,c   Derouin, F ^b,c  

^a Espace Villa Parc L'Érable ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PROBE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 53149128052     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00226-08     Document Type: Article

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