Molecular diagnosis of parasitic and fungal infections;El diagnóstico molecular en las infecciones parasitarias y fúngicas

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2008, Pages 50-57

  Salvador, Rafael Borrás ^a   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^b   Márquez, María Victoria Domínguez ^c   Gadea Gironés, Ignacio ^d  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Hospital Universitario La Ribera   (Spain)

^d Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Molecular diagnosis; Mycosis; Parasitic diseases; PCR

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 74249118326     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-005X(08)76541-8     Document Type: Article

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