Evaluation of four commercial rapid immunochromatographic assays for detection of Cryptosporidium antigens in stool samples: A blind multicenter trial

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1605-1607

  Agnamey, Patrice ^a   Sarfati, Claudine ^b   Pinel, Claudine ^c   Rabodoniriina, Meja ^d   Kapel, Nathalie ^e   Dutoit, Emmanuel ^f   Garnaud, Cécile ^c   Diouf, Momar ^a   Garin, Jean François ^b   Totet, Anne ^a   Derouin, F ^b  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 79953858649     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02074-10     Document Type: Article

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