Short report: First molecular identification of Entamoeba moshkovskii in human stool samples in Tunisia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 706-707

  Ayed, Soumaya Ben ^a   Aoun, Karim ^a   Maamouri, Nadia ^b   Abdallah, Rym Ben ^a   Bouratbine, Aida ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Service de Chirurgie A la Rabta   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; FECES; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUNISIA; ANIMAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII;

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUNISIA;

EID: 55849094379     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.706     Document Type: Article

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