Colorimetric microtitre plate hybridization assay for the detection of Mycobacterium leprae 16S rRNA in clinical specimens

Leprosy Review

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-49

  Haile, Yoseph ^a,b   Ryon, Judith J ^a,c  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA 16S;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHIOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUDE MOUSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORIMETRY; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 1642405972     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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