Evaluation of enzyme immunoassay techniques for diagnosis of the most common intestinal protozoa in fecal samples

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Gaafar, Maha R ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium sp; Entamoeba histolytica; Enzyme immunoassays; Giardia intestinalis; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OOCYTE; PARASITE; PROTOZOON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TRICHOME;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINES; MALE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79961031796     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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