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SUBMITTER: Parr JB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2253489 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parr Jonathan B JB Sevilleja Jesus Emmanuel JE Samie Amidou A Alcantara Cirle C Stroup Suzanne E SE Kohli Anita A Fayer Ron R Lima Aldo A M AA Houpt Eric R ER Guerrant Richard L RL
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20070501 5
Cryptosporidium is a significant cause of diarrheal illness worldwide, especially among children and immunocompromised patients. Currently used diagnostic techniques are time-consuming, require skilled technicians, and are not useful for quantification of oocysts in fecal and environmental samples. In this study, we examined the use of a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for detecting and quantifying Cryptosporidium parvum in three distinct and progressively more complex matrices: ...[more]