Primers for clinical detection of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4255-4257

  San Blas, Gioconda ^a   Niño Vega, Gustavo ^a   Barreto, Laura ^a   Hebeler Barbosa, Flavia ^b   Bagagli, Eduardo ^b   De Briceño, Rosa Olivero ^c   Mendes, Rinaldo Poncio ^b  

^a Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 23744480582     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4255-4257.2005     Document Type: Article

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