Principles of molecular microbiology testing methods

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1157-1204

  Wolk, Donna ^a   Mitchell, Shawn ^a   Patel, Robin ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ASSAY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0035217996     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70190-2     Document Type: Article

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