Comparison of PCR detection methods for B1, P30, and 18S rDNA genes of T. Gondii in aqueous humor

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 634-644

  Jones, Colin D ^a   Okhravi, Narciss ^a   Adamson, Peter ^a   Tasker, Sharron ^b   Lightman, Susan ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RECOMBINANT DNA;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CHORIORETINITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; AQUEOUS HUMOR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 0034056982     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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