A review on melioidosis with special respect on molecular and immunological diagnostic techniques

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 119-130

  Zysk, Gregor ^a   Splettstösser, Wolf D ^a   Neubauer, Heinrich ^a,b  

^a Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

ELISA; IFT; IHT; Immunoblot; Melioidosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; TROPICAL DISEASE;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MELIOIDOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034105370     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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