Clinical evaluation of a new PCR assay for detection of Coxiella burnetii in human serum samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-80

  Zhang, G Q ^a   Nguyen, Sa V ^a   To, H ^a   Ogawa, M ^a   Hotta, A ^a   Yamaguchi, T ^a   Kim, H J ^a   Fukushi, H ^a   Hirai, K ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERUM;

COXIELLA BURNETII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031964053     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.77-80.1998     Document Type: Article

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