siaD PCR ELISA for confirmation and identification of serogroup Y and W135 meningococcal infections

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-214

  Borrow, Ray ^a   Claus, Heike ^b   Chaudhry, Usha ^a   Guiver, Malcolm ^a   Kaczmarski, Edward B ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^b   Fox, Andrew J ^a  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meningococcal infection; Non culture; PCR ELISA; Serogroup W135; Serogroup Y; siaD gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYBRIDIZATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0032519474     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00572-7     Document Type: Article

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