A Multiplex PCR for the Simultaneous Detection and Genotyping of the Echinococcus granulosus Complex

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Boubaker, Ghalia ^a,b   Macchiaroli, Natalia ^c   Prada, Laura ^c   Cucher, Marcela A ^c   Rosenzvit, Mara C ^c   Ziadinov, Iskender ^d   Deplazes, Peter ^d   Saarma, Urmas ^e   Babba, Hamouda ^b   Gottstein, Bruno ^a   Spiliotis, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873498724     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002017     Document Type: Article

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