Comparison of microscopy and PCR for detection of intestinal parasites in Danish patients supports an incentive for molecular screening platforms

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 540-541

  Stensvold, Christen Rune ^a   Nielsen, Henrik Vedel ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BLASTOCYSTIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DANISH; DIARRHEA; DIENTAMOEBA; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ETHNIC GROUP; FECES ANALYSIS; FORMOL ETHYL ACETATE CONCENTRATION TECHNIQUE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PARASITE; LETTER; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DENMARK; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MASS SCREENING; MICROSCOPY; PARASITES; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856138256     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06012-11     Document Type: Letter

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