A quantitative PCR (TaqMan) assay for pathogenic Leptospira spp

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Smythe, Lee D ^a   Smith, Ina L ^a   Smith, Greg A ^a   Dohnt, Michael F ^a   Symonds, Meegan L ^a   Barnett, Leonie J ^a   McKay, David B ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Leptospirosis; Real time PCR; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

TAQ POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HEPARIN; LITHIUM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SUBSPECIES; URINE CULTURE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LITHIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

EID: 2942625703     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-2-13     Document Type: Article

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