Development of a real-time PCR assay to detect Treponema pallidum in clinical specimens and assessment of the assay's performance by comparison with serological testing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-96

  Leslie, David E ^a   Azzato, Franca ^a   Karapanagiotidis, Theo ^a   Leydon, Jennie ^a   Fyfe, Janet ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TAQ POLYMERASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 33846249935     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01578-06     Document Type: Article

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