Quantitative real-time PCR analysis of Mycobacterium leprae DNA and mRNA in human biopsy material from leprosy and reactional cases

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 753-759

  Lini, Nirmala ^a   Shankernarayan, Nallakandy Panangadan ^b   Dharmalingam, Kuppamuthu ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Leprosy Project   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 18; MESSENGER RNA; PARAFFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPSY; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PARAFFIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66449114662     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007252-0     Document Type: Article

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