Specific, sensitive, and rapid diagnosis of active toxoplasmosis by a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method using blood samples from patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3698-3702

  Lau, Yee Ling ^a   Meganathan, Puviarasi ^a   Sonaimuthu, Parthasarathy ^a   Thiruvengadam, Girija ^b   Nissapatorn, Veeranoot ^a   Chen, Yeng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77957797876     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00462-10     Document Type: Article

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