Comparison of PCR and Serology Assays for Early Diagnosis of Acute Q Fever

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5094-5098

  Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; TIME FACTORS;

COXIELLA BURNETII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0242593806     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5094-5098.2003     Document Type: Article

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