Implications of culture-independent panel-based detection of cyclospora cayetanensis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3909-

  Buss, Sarah N ^a,b   Alter, Roxanne ^a   Iwen, Peter C ^a,b   Fey, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Nebraska Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; LETTER; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEBRASKA; PARASITOLOGY;

EID: 84886456016     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02238-13     Document Type: Letter

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