Life beyond PCR: Alternative target amplification technologies for the diagnosis of infectious diseases, part II

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 129-136

  Ginocchio, Christine C ^a,b  

^a Microbiology   (United States)

^b N Shore Long Isl Jewish Hlth S   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIACEAE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

EID: 4444254848     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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