A second European collaborative study on polymerase chain reaction for Toxoplasma gondii, involving 15 teams

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-237

  Pelloux, Hervé ^a   Guy, Edward ^b   Angelici, Maria Cristina ^c   Aspöck, Horst ^d   Bessières, Marie Hélène ^e   Blatz, Rosemarie ^f   Del Pezzo, Mariassunta ^g   Girault, Veronique ^h   Gratzl, Regina ⁱ   Holberg Petersen, Mona ^j   Julie Johnson, ^k   Krüger, Dominique ^l   Lappalainen, Maija ^m   Naessens, Anne ⁿ   Olsson, Mats ^o  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^j ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁿ FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^o SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Polymerase chain reaction; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNIQUE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABORATORIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 0032462951     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00281-X     Document Type: Article

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