Optimization and evaluation of a PCR assay for detecting toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with AIDS

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4499-4503

  Joseph, Priya ^a   Calderón, Maritza M ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^b,c,e   Quispe, Monica L ^b   Cok, Jaime ^b   Ticona, Eduardo ^d   Chavez, Victor ^d   Jimenez, Juan A ^b   Chang, Maria C ^b   Lopez, Martin J ^b   Evans, Carlton A ^b,c,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^d HOSPITAL NACIONAL DOS DE MAYO   (Peru)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INOCULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MURINAE; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0036898059     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4499-4503.2002     Document Type: Article

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