Comparison of microscopy, rapid immunoassay, and molecular techniques for the detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1641-1646

  Elsafi, Salah H ^a   Al Maqati, Thekra N ^a   Hussein, Mohi I ^a   Adam, Ahmed A ^a   Hassan, Mohamed M Abu ^a   Al Zahrani, Eidan M ^a  

^a Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84876408265     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3319-1     Document Type: Article

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