Design of a one-tube hemi-nested PCR for detection of Toxoplasma gondii and comparison of three DNA purification methods

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 857-862

  Pujol Riqué, Marc ^b   Derouin, Francis ^a   García Quintanilla, Alberto ^b   Valls, M E ^b   Miro J M ^b   Jimenez De Anta M T ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; DNA PURIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032830039     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-48-9-857     Document Type: Article

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