Rapid and sensitive diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infections by PCR

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 937-939

  Jalal, Shah ^a   Nord, C E ^a   Lappalainen, M ^b   Evengard B ^a   Buffalano, W ^c   Guy, E ^c   Jenum, P ^c   Pelloux, H ^c   Stray Pedersen, B ^c   Edvinsson, B ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; PCR; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 6444229554     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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