Evaluation of a PCR Assay for Quantitation of Rickettsia rickettsii and Closely Related Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5466-5472

  Eremeeva, Marina E ^a,b   Dasch, Gregory A ^b   Silverman, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; SYBR GREEN DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; ROMPA GENE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIBRATION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TICKS; VERO CELLS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIALES; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP; TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 0346849592     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5466-5472.2003     Document Type: Article

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