Evaluation of a screening test for detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium parasites

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 451-452

  Youn, Sojin ^a   Kabir, Mamun ^b   Haque, Rashidul ^b   Petri Jr , William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CHEK TEST; GOLD STANDARD; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETICS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60849115834     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01736-08     Document Type: Article

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