Detection of Brucella DNA in sera from patients with brucellosis by polymerase chain reaction

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Elfaki, Mohamed G ^a   Uz Zaman, Taher ^a   Al Hokail, Abdullah A ^a   Nakeeb, Shaheen M ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brucella DNA; Brucellosis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

ADULT; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 25144491977     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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