Open AccessComparison and Recommendations for Use of Dientamoeba fragilis Real-Time PCR Assays
Author(s) -
Rory Gough,
John Ellis,
Damien Stark
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01466-18
Subject(s) - biology , feces , pathogenicity , microbiology and biotechnology , virology
Dientamoeba fragilis is a gastrointestinal trichomonad parasite whose pathogenicity is yet to be determined. The difficulty involved in microscopically diagnosingD. fragilis in feces led to the development of real-time PCR methodologies for the detection ofD. fragilis in stool samples.
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