A pentaplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of four species of soil-transmitted helminths

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 338-343

  Basuni, Madihah ^a   Muhi, Jamail ^b   Othman, Nurulhasanah ^a   Verweij, Jaco J ^c   Ahmad, Maimunah ^a   Miswan, Noorizan ^a   Rahumatullah, Anizah ^a   Aziz, Farhanah Abdul ^a   Zainudin, Nurul Shazalina ^a   Noordin, Rahmah ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

^b Sarawak Health Department   (Malaysia)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; HELMINTH; MICROSCOPY; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ASCARIASIS; FECES; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NECATORIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; NECATOR AMERICANUS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; VERMES;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 79952675114     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0499     Document Type: Article

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