Multicenter comparative evaluation of five commercial methods for Toxoplasma DNA extraction from amniotic fluid

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3881-3886

  Yera, H ^a,b   Filisetti, D ^c   Bastien, P ^d   Ancelle, T ^a   Thulliez, P ^b   Delhaes, L ^e  

^a université Paris Cité   (France)

^b Institut de Puericulture   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^d MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLOBIN;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 71549164602     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01164-09     Document Type: Article

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