Application of a polymerase chain reaction enzyme immunoassay in peripheral whole blood and serum specimens for diagnosis of acute human brucellosis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 194-199

  Vrioni, G ^a   Gartzonika, C ^a   Kostoula, A ^a   Boboyianni, C ^a   Papadopoulou, C ^a   Levidiotou, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SERUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1842689085     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1082-4     Document Type: Article

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