Molecular diagnosis in clinical parasitology: When and why?

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 239, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1443-1460

  Wong, Samson ^a   Fung, Kitty ^b   Chau, Sandy ^b   Poon, Rosana ^a   Wong, Sally ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

molecular diagnosis; nucleic acid amplification; Parasites

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; HELMINTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE COST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASES; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84910028836     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1535370214523880     Document Type: Article

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