Determination of Types of Enterocytozoon bieneusi Strains Isolated from Patients with Intestinal Microsporidiosis
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Determination of types of Enterocytozoon bieneusi strains isolated from patients with intestinal microsporidiosis.
To determine the types of Enterocytozoon bieneusi strains associated with intestinal microsporidiosis, we developed a rapid and efficient approach for typing parasites obtained from stool specimens by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Typing was based on DNA polymorphism of the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of E. bieneusi. RFLPs generated with two...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.1882-1885.1998