The effects of sample storage on polymerase chain reaction-based detection of Taxoplasma gondii in amniotic fluids

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-96

  Joss, A W L ^a   Ho Yen, D O ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; STORAGE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESERVATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TOXOPLASMA;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0030614605     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-46-1-92     Document Type: Article

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