Diagnostic relevance of polymerase chain reaction technology for T. pallidum in subjects with syphilis in different phases of infection

New Microbiologica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-104

  Pietravalle, M ^a   Pimpinelli, F ^a   Maini, A ^a   Capoluongo, E ^a   Felici, C ^a   D'Auria, L ^a   Di Carlo, A ^a   Ameglio, F ^a  

^a SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0033111692     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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