Amplification of the DNA polymerase I gene of Treponema pallidum from whole blood of persons with syphilis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 163-166

  Marfin, Anthony A ^a   Liu, Hsi ^b   Sutton, Madeline Y ^a   Steiner, Bret ^b   Pillay, Allan ^b   Markowitz, Lauri E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; PCR; polA; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA POLYMERASE I; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0034812581     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00275-9     Document Type: Article

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