Nanolitre real-time PCR detection of bacterial, parasitic, and viral agents from patients with diarrhoea in Nunavut, Canada

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Goldfarb, David M ^a,b   Dixon, Brent ^c   Moldovan, Ioana ^d   Barrowman, Nicholas ^d   Mattison, Kirsten ^c   Zentner, Chad ^b   Baikie, Maureen ^e   Bidawid, Sabah ^c   Chan, Francis ^d   Slinger, Robert ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Qikiqtani General Hospital   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e Department of Health and Social Services ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Campylobacter spp.; Clostridium difficile; Cryptosporidium spp.; Detection; Diarrhoea; Gastroenteritis; Multiplex real time PCR; Nunavut; Pathogens; Viral agents

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; CANADA; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

ARCTIC REGIONS; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMANS; NUNAVUT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876037847     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.19903     Document Type: Article

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