Multiplex taqman PCR assay for rapid detection of Anaplasma phagocytophila and Borrelia burgdorferi

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 369-370

  Courtney, Joshua W ^a   Massung, Robert F ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophila; Borrelia burgdorferi; Human granulocytic erlichiosis; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONFERENCE PAPER; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0038728072     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07393.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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