Detection and differentiation of Cryptosporidium by real-time polymerase chain reaction in stool samples from patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 476-479

  Rolando, Roberta Flávia Ribeiro ^a   da Silva, Sidnei ^b   Peralta, Regina Helena Saramago ^c   da Silva, Alexandre Januário ^d   Cunha, Flavia Souza ^c   Bello, Alexandre Ribeiro ^a   Peralta, José Mauro ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Molecular epidemiology; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84862281116     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000400006     Document Type: Article

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