Similar diagnostic performances of antigen detection and nucleic acid detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in a low-prevalence setting

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-77

  Calderaro, Adriana ^a   Montecchini, Sara ^a   Gorrini, Chiara ^a   Dettori, Giuseppe ^a   Chezzi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Diagnosis; Real time pCR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955045295     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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