Rapid diagnosis of human brucellosis by SYBR green I-based real-time PCR assay and melting curve analysis in serum samples

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 713-718

  Queipo Ortuno M I ^a   Colmenero, J D ^b   Reguera, J M ^b   Garcia Ordonez M A ^b   Pachon M E ^c   Gonzalez, M ^d   Morata, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

BCSP31; Brucellosis; Molecular diagnosis; PCR; Real time assays; Serum samples

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLOSIS; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LINEAR SYSTEM; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TIME MANAGEMENT;

BRUCELLA;

EID: 23844478174     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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