Detection and quantification of Lyme spirochetes using sensitive and specific molecular beacon probes

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Saidac, Diana S ^a   Marras, Salvatore Ae ^a   Parveen, Nikhat ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BGP PROTEIN; DNA; ENTACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SYBR GREEN I;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR BEACON; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOUSE; NIDOGEN GENE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECA GENE; VALIDATION STUDY; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C3H MOUSE; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETALES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65349087338     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-43     Document Type: Article

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