PCR for the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded human tissue

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Rodriguez, Rubens ^a,b   Da Silva, Ana Cristina Aramburú ^c   Müller, Carla Aristonara ^c   Alves, Silvana Lunardini ^c   Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^c   Fornari, Fernando ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; PRIMER DNA;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84899449930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093658     Document Type: Article

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