Direct detection of Treponema pallidum in diagnosis of syphilis;Přímý průkaz Treponema pallidum v diagnostice syfilis

Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 121-125

  Woznicová, Vladana ^a   Heroldova M ^a  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Direct detection; polA PCR; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; FATTY ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; POL A PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS DESIGN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ANIMAL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 4444376611     PISSN: 12107913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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