Evaluation of rapid antigen point-of-care tests for detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium species in human fecal specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 154-156

  Minak, Juliana ^a   Kabir, Mamun ^b   Mahmud, Iqbal ^b   Liu, Yue ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Haque, Rashidul ^b   Petri, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 84555178951     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01194-11     Document Type: Article

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