Real-time PCR assay in differentiating Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar, and Entamoeba moshkovskii infections in Orang Asli settlements in Malaysia

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lau, Yee Ling ^a   Anthony, Claudia ^a   Fakhrurrazi, Siti Aminah ^a   Ibrahim, Jamaiah ^a   Ithoi, Init ^a   Mahmud, Rohela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Microscopy; Nested PCR; Orang Asli settlements; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; FORMALDEHYDE; GENOMIC DNA; IODINE;

AMEBIASIS; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALAYSIA; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMEAR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883200639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-250     Document Type: Article

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