Diagnosis of recent and relapsed cases of human brucellosis by PCR assay

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Nimri, Laila F ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; RELAPSE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0346366603     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-3-5     Document Type: Article

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