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Protozoan viruses may influence the function and pathogenicity of the protozoa. Trichomonas vaginalis is a parasitic protozoan that could contain a double stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus, T. vaginalis virus (TVV)....
BACKGROUND: Dermatophagoides farinae (D. farinae) has various isoallergens. However, allergenic differences between bronchial asthmatics (BA) and atopic dermatitis (AD) patients have not yet been fully evaluated.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the differences...
Zheng G, Alsarakibi M, Liu Y, Hu W, Luo Q, Tan L, Li G
KMID: 1792186
Korean J Parasitol.
2014 Jun;52(3):299-304.
This study aimed to identify the assemblages (or subassemblages) of Giardia duodenalis by using normal or nested PCR based on 4 genetic loci: glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh), triose phosphate isomerase (tpi),...
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a multiplex real-time PCR assay for simultaneous identification and toxigenic type characterization of Clostridium difficile.
METHODS: The multiplex real-time PCR...
BACKGROUND: ChromID Clostridium difficile agar (IDCd; bioMerieux SA, France) is a recently developed chromogenic medium for rapid and specific isolation of C. difficile. We compared the performance of IDCd with...