Direct amplification and species determination of microsporidian DNA from stool specimens
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- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 1 (3) , 373-378
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-51.x
Abstract
Microsporidia are recognized as a major aetiological agent in chronic diarrhoea of immunocompromised patients. Their detection by light microscopy is hampered by the small size of the spores. A simpl...Keywords
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