Comparison of diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of seven Cryptosporidium assays used in the UK

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1598-1604

  Chalmers, Rachel M ^a   Campbell, Brian M ^b   Crouch, Nigel ^a   Charlett, André ^c   Davies, Angharad P ^a,b  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURAMINE; PHENOL;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; AURAMINE PHENOL MICROSCOPY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM UBIQUITUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GIARDIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC LATERAL FLOW ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; ZIEHL NEELSEN MICROSCOPY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80054735091     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.034181-0     Document Type: Article

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