Newer diagnostic approaches to intestinal protozoa

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 488-493

  Van Lieshout, Lisette ^a   Verweij, Jaco J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intestinal protozoa; laboratory diagnosis; multiplex real time PCR; opportunistic infections; travellers

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

DIARRHEA; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTESTINE INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARASITES; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956225064     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32833de0eb     Document Type: Review

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