Application of real-time PCR for the differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar in cyst-positive faecal samples from 130 immigrants living in Spain

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-149

  Gutieerrez Cisneros M J ^a   Cogollos, R ^b   Lopez Velez R ^c   Martin Rabada P ^d   Martinez Ruiz R ^e   Subirats, M ^f   Merino, F J ^g   Fuentes, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 77950597103     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12607012373759     Document Type: Article

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