Detection of pathogenic leptospires by real-time quantitative PCR

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-49

  Levett, Paul N ^a,b   Morey, Roger E ^a   Galloway, Renee L ^a   Turner, Danielle E ^a   Steigerwalt, Arnold G ^a   Mayer, Leonard W ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Saskatchewan Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; HEPARIN; POLYANETHOLESULFONIC ACID; SAPONIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SEROTYPE; SERUM; URINE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOOD; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; URINE;

EID: 12744273128     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45860-0     Document Type: Article

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