Detection and differentiation of Cryptosporidium spp. in human clinical samples by use of real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 918-924

  Hadfield, Stephen J ^a   Robinson, Guy ^a   Elwin, Kristin ^a   Chalmers, Rachel M ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 79952332227     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01733-10     Document Type: Article

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