Development of O-antigen gene cluster-specific PCRs for rapid typing six epidemic serogroups of leptospira in China

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cai, Cheng Song ^a   Zhu, Yong Zhang ^a   Zhong, Yi ^b,c   Xin, Xiao Fang ^d   Jiang, Xiu Gao ^e   Lou, Xiao Li ^a   He, Ping ^a   Qin, Jin Hong ^a   Zhao, Guo Ping ^b,c,f   Wang, Sheng Yue ^f   Guo, Xiao Kui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTROL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS   (China)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER MODEL; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TAXONOMY; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

LEPTOSPIRA; NEGIBACTERIA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

EID: 77949882926     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-67     Document Type: Article

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