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PCR differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar from patients with amoeba infection initially diagnosed by microscopy

Marianne Lebbad From the Department of Parasitology, Mycology and Water Microbiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm; Microbiology and Tumour Biology Centre, Karolinska Institute, StockholmCorrespondence[email protected]
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Staffan G. Svärd From the Department of Parasitology, Mycology and Water Microbiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm; Microbiology and Tumour Biology Centre, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm; Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Pages 680-685 | Received 25 Jan 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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