Amplification of Coccidioidal DNA in Clinical Specimens by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1982-1985

  Johnson, Suzanne M ^a   Simmons, Keira A ^a   Pappagianis, Demosthenes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

COCCIDIOIDES; FUNGI;

EID: 2442466921     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.1982-1985.2004     Document Type: Article

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