Diagnosis of bubonic plague by PCR in Madagascar under field conditions

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 260-263

  Rahalison, L ^a   Vololonirina, E ^a   Ratsitorahina, M ^a   Chanteau, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0033987934     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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