Internal control in PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Usefulness and improvement of the diagnosis

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 685-691

  Cortez Herrera, Elizabeth ^b   Sperhacke, Rosa Dea ^a   Becker, Daniela ^b   Kritski, Afrânio ^a   Zaha, Arnaldo ^c   Rossetti, Maria Lucia Rosa ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Estadual de Producao e Pesquisa em Saude   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Internal control; Nucleic acid amplification; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuberculosis; Uracyl DNA glycosilase

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 55249126816     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132008000400006     Document Type: Article

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