Specificity of a polymerase chain reaction assay of a target sequence on the 31-kilodalton Brucella antigen DNA used to diagnose human brucellosis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-131

  Casanas M C ^a   Queipo Ortuno M I ^b   Rodriguez Torres, A ^c   Orduna A ^c   Colmenero, J D ^d   Morata, P ^b  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d Infectious Diseases Service   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OCHROBACTRUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035081671     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011242     Document Type: Article

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