A polymerase chain reaction 'PCR' for a quick diagnosis of aspergillosis

Mycoses

Volumn 42, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 515-520

  Gabal, M A ^a   El Sherif, A M ^a   Enany, M S ^a   Soliman, Sohier S ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Diagnosis; PCR; Polymerase Chain reaction

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032733075     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.1999.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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