Molecular diagnostics of intestinal parasites in returning travellers

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1045-1053

  Ten Hove, R J ^a   Van Esbroeck, M ^b   Vervoort, T ^b   Van Den Ende, J ^b   Van Lieshout, L ^a   Verweij, J J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA ISOLATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; INTESTINE PARASITE INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349686637     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0745-1     Document Type: Article

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