Multiplex real-time PCR for detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3164-3168

  Courtney, Joshua W ^a   Kostelnik, Leah M ^a   Zeidner, Nordin S ^b   Massung, Robert F ^a,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ACCURACY; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA ANDERSONII; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA PARKERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLA GENE; HUMAN; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MOUSE; MULTIPLEX REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA ANDERSONII; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA PARKERI; EHRLICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 3142658734     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.3164-3168.2004     Document Type: Article

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