Elisa-based colorimetric detection of Rickettsia Tsutsugamushi DNA from patient sera by nested polymerase chain reaction

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 139-144

  Shieh, Gow Jen ^a   Chen, Huei Ling ^a   Chen, Hour Young ^a   Wang, Gong Ren ^a   Horng, Chi Byi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCRUB TYPHUS; TAIWAN;

BASE SEQUENCE; COLORIMETRY; DNA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCRUB TYPHUS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030090122     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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