Defining the causes of diarrhea: Novel approaches

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 464-471

  Operario, Darwin J ^a   Houpt, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

diarrhea; enteropathogen; nucleic acid amplification; PCR; real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GIARDIA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052438793     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32834aa13a     Document Type: Review

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