Nanolitre real-time PCR detection of bacterial, parasitic, and viral agents from patients with diarrhoea in Nunavut, Canada
Background. Little is known about the microbiology of diarrhoeal disease in Canada's Arctic regions. There are a number of limitations of conventional microbiology testing techniques for diarrhoeal pathogens, and these may be further compromised in the Arctic, given the often long distanc...
Main Authors: | David M. Goldfarb, Brent Dixon, Ioana Moldovan, Nicholas Barrowman, Kirsten Mattison, Chad Zentner, Maureen Baikie, Sabah Bidawid, Francis Chan, Robert Slinger |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2013-04-01
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Series: | International Journal of Circumpolar Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/download/19903/pdf_1 |
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