Stool sample storage conditions for the preservation of Giardia intestinalis DNA

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 965-968

  Kuk, Salih ^a   Yazar, Suleyman ^a   Cetinkaya, Ulfet ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

DNA isolation; Giardia intestinalis; Stool; Storage conditions

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FIXATIVES; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84871761262     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000800001     Document Type: Article

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