Detection of Dientamoeba fragilis among diarrheal patients referred to Tabriz health care centers by nested PCR

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-118

  Sarafraz, S ^a   Farajnia, S ^b   Jamali, J ^c   Khodabakhsh, F ^c   Khanipour, F ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; EVALUATION; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875674817     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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