Evaluation of a new single-tube multiprobe real-time PCR for diagnosis of entamoeba histolytica and entamoeba dispar

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 793-797

  Liang, Shih Yu ^a   Hsia, Kan Tai ^a   Chan, Yun Hsien ^a,b   Fan, Chia Kwung ^a,c   Jiang, Donald Dah Shyong ^a,b   Landt, Olfert ^a,d   Ji, Dar Der ^a,b,c,e  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TIB MOLBIOL GmbH   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

BIOASSAY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; REAL TIME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA PROBE; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; EPISOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPHOZOITE;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 77956159672     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2373.1     Document Type: Article

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