Use of Bordetella pertussis BP3385 to establish a cutoff value for an IS481-targeted real-time PCR assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3798-3799

  Guthrie, J L ^a,d   Seah, C ^a   Brown, S ^a   Tang, P ^a   Jamieson, F ^a,b   Drews, S J ^a,b,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BP3385 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IS481 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOOPING COUGH;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 55849093876     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01551-08     Document Type: Article

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