Comparison of nested polymerase chain reaction and real-time polymerase chain reaction with parasitological methods for detection of Strongyloides stercoralis in human fecal samples

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1285-1291

  Sharifdini, Meysam ^a   Mirhendi, Hossein ^a,b   Ashrafi, Keyhan ^a,c   Hosseini, Mostafa ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^a   Khodadadi, Hossein ^a,d   Kia, Eshrat Beigom ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA 18S; FORMALDEHYDE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 84949647953     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0309     Document Type: Article

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