Genotyping of Giardia duodenalis cysts by new real-time PCR assays for detection of mixed infections in human samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1895-1901

  Almeida, Andre ^a,b,c   Pozio, Edoardo ^a   Cacciò, Simone M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; EXTRACTION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTOZOA; PURIFICATION;

GENETIC EXCHANGE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMAN INFECTION; MIXED INFECTIONS; OPEN READING FRAME; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIOASSAY; CYST; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME; RECOMBINATION;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77749303992     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02305-09     Document Type: Article

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