Diagnosis of protozoa diarrhoea in Campylobacter patients increases markedly with molecular techniques.

• Main Authors: David T S Hayman (Author), Juan Carlos Garcia-Ramirez (Author), Anthony Pita (Author), Niluka Velathanthiri (Author), Matthew A Knox (Author), Paul Ogbuigwe (Author), Michael G Baker (Author), Kamran Rostami (Author), Jan Deroles-Main (Author), Brent J Gilpin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cryptosporidium and Giardia are major causes of diarrhoea globally, and two of the most notified infectious diseases in New Zealand. Diagnosis requires laboratory confirmation carried out mostly via antigen or microscopy-based techniques. However, these methods are increasingly being superseded by m...