Evaluation of a PCR protocol for sensitive detection of Giardia intestinalis in human faeces

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 853-858

  Asher, Amy J ^a   Waldron, Liette S ^a   Power, Michelle L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84857042982     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2565-3     Document Type: Article

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