Multicentric comparative analytical performance study for molecular detection of low amounts of Toxoplasma gondii from simulated specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3216-3222

  Sterkers, Yvon ^a   Varlet Marie, Emmanuelle ^a,b   Cassaing, Sophie ^a,c   Brenier Pinchart, Marie Pierre ^a,d   Brun, Sophie ^a,e   Dalle, Frédéric ^a,f   Delhaes, Laurence ^a,g   Filisetti, Denis ^a,h   Pelloux, Hervé ^a,d   Yera, Hélène ^a,i   Bastien, Patrick ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

ⁱ Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicales ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOUSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

FRANCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77956834481     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02500-09     Document Type: Article

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