Evaluation of lig-based conventional and real time PCR for the detection of pathogenic leptospires

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-117

  Palaniappan, Raghavan U M ^a   Chang, Yung Fu ^a   Chang, Chao Fu ^a,b   Pan, M J ^b   Yang, C W ^c   Harpending, Peter ^a   McDonough, Sean P ^a   Dubovi, Edward ^a   Divers, Thomas ^a   Qu, Jiaxin ^d   Roe, Bruce ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Leptospira; ligA; PCR; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HAMSTER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIG GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SPIROCHETE; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CRICETINAE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CRICETINAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 19944433155     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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