Use of lambda phage DNA as a hybrid internal control in a PCR-enzyme immunoassay to detect Chlamydia pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1919-1922

  Pham, Dien G ^a   Madico, Guillermo E ^a,b   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,c   Enzler, Mark J ^d   Smith, Thomas F ^d   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031808971     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.1919-1922.1998     Document Type: Article

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