Comparison of the AF146527 and B1 repeated elements, two real-time PCR targets used for detection of Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 591-592

  Wahab, Tara ^a,b   Edvinsson, Benjamin ^a   Palm, Daniel ^a,c   Lindh, Johan ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; B1 GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 75649149551     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01113-09     Document Type: Article

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