Increased sensitivity and specificity of Borrelia burgdorferi 16S ribosomal DNA detection

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 569-576

  Lee, Sin Hang ^a   Vigliotti, Veronica S ^a   Vigliotti, Jessica S ^a   Jones, William ^a   Pappu, Suri ^a  

^a Milford Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; 16S rRNA gene; Borrelia burgdorferi; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; DNA sequencing; Lyme disease; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Signature sequence

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ALGORITHM; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950472070     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPI72YAXRHYHEE     Document Type: Article

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