Diagnostic testing for Giardia infections

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 123-125

  Heyworth, Martin F ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic testing; Giardia intestinalis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 84894316206     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru005     Document Type: Article

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