Use of multiplex real-time PCR for detection of common diarrhea causing protozoan parasites in Egypt

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 595-601

  Nazeer, John T ^a   El Sayed Khalifa, Khalifa ^a   Von Thien, Heidrun ^b   El Sibaei, Mahmoud Mohamed ^a   Abdel Hamid, Magda Youssef ^a   Tawfik, Ranya Ayman Samir ^a   Tannich, Egbert ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84878357042     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3171-8     Document Type: Article

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