Evaluation of PCR-based assay for diagnosis of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in human serum samples

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 759-763

  Choi, Yeon Joo ^a,b   Lee, Seung Hyun ^a,b   Park, Kyung Hee ^a,b   Koh, Young Sang ^c   Lee, Keun Hwa ^c   Baik, Hyung Suk ^d   Choi, Myung Sik ^e   Kim, Ik Sang ^e   Jang, Won Jong ^a,b  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RICKETTSIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; EVALUATION; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KOREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROMPB GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KOREA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 23844495068     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.6.759-763.2005     Document Type: Article

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