Development and evaluation of a genus-specific, probe-based, internal-process-controlled real-time PCR assay for sensitive and specific detection of Blastocystis spp

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1847-1851

  Stensvold, Christen Rune ^a   Ahmed, Umran Nisar ^a   Andersen, Lee O'Brien ^a   Nielsen, Henrik Vedel ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEASE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROMONAS LACERTAE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLASTOCYSTIS;

EID: 84862077617     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00007-12     Document Type: Article

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