Evaluation of touch-down real-time PCR based on SYBR Green I fluorescent dye for the detection of Neisseria meningitidis in clinical samples

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 419-424

  Kesanopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Tzanakaki, Georgina ^a   Levidiotou, Stamatina ^b   Blackwell, Caroline ^a,c,d   Kremastinou, Jenny ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neisseria meningitidis; PCR; Real time PCR; SYBR Green I fluorescent dye

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MELTING POINT; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 13644250700     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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