Application of a nested, multiplex PCR to psittacosis outbreaks

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2043-2046

  Messmer, Trudy O ^a   Skelton, Stephen K ^a   Moroney, John F ^a   Daugharty, Harry ^a   Fields, Barry S ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI;

EID: 0030843654     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.2043-2046.1997     Document Type: Article

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