Laboratory Diagnosis of Infections Due to Blood and Tissue Parasites

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1103-1108

  Rosenblatt, Jon E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BABESIA; BLOOD PARASITE; BRUGIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; MANSONELLA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; TRICHINOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; WUCHERERIA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 70349914155     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605574     Document Type: Review

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