Comparison of two immunoassays for detection of Entamoeba histolytica

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2778-2779

  Buss, Sarah ^a,d   Kabir, Mamun ^b   Petri Jr , William A ^a,c   Haque, Rashidul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPHOZOITE; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FECES; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 53149132837     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00652-08     Document Type: Article

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