Use of fluorescence resonance energy transfer hybridization probes to evaluate quantitative real-time PCR for diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3681-3685

  Simon, Audrey ^a   Labalette, Pierre ^a   Ordinaire, Isabelle ^a   Fréalle, Emilie ^a,b   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^a,b   Camus, Daniel ^a,b   Delhaes, Laurence ^a,b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE PROBE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 3843136298     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3681-3685.2004     Document Type: Article

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