Non-culture diagnosis and serogroup determination of meningococcal B and C infection by a sialyltransferase (siaD) PCR ELISA

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-117

  Borrow, R ^a   Claus, H ^b   Guiver, M ^a   Smart, L ^c   Jones, D M ^a   Kaczmarski, E B ^a   Frosch, M ^b   Fox, A J ^a  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c RUCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; SIALYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 0030932982     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268896007261     Document Type: Article

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