Development of real time PCR to detect Toxoplasma gondii and Borrelia burgdorferi infections in postal samples

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-224

  Joss, A W L ^a   Evans, R ^a   Mavin, S ^a   Chatterton, J ^a   Ho Yen, D O ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD EXTRACT; BACTERIAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPIKE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTAL MAIL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTAL SERVICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 38849091438     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.048801     Document Type: Article

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