Nucleic acid detection and quantification in the developing world

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 419-423

  Huggett, Jim ^a   Green, Clare ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing country; Developing world; Diagnosis; Nucleic acid amplification test; Sub Saharan Africa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; REAGENT; RNA;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; ZAMBIA; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; REVIEW;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 65549125390     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0370419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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