Erratum to "A simple and rapid nested polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique for differentiation of pathogenic and nonpathogenic Leptospira spp." [Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 63 (2009) 251-256] (DOI:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.10.017);A simple and rapid nested polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique for differentiation of pathogenic and nonpathogenic Leptospira spp.

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-256

  Djadid, Navid Dinparast ^a   Ganji, Zahra Faghanzadeh ^a   Gouya, Mohammad Mehdi ^b   Rezvani, Mahmood ^c   Zakeri, Sedigheh ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b Center for Diseases Management and Control Tehran   (Iran)

^c GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

16S RNA; Diagnosis; Leptospira; Nonpathogen; Pathogen; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 59649091110     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.09.016     Document Type: Erratum

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