Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii isolates with 15 microsatellite markers in a single multiplex PCR assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4641-4645

  Ajzenberg, Daniel ^a,b   Collinet, Frédéric ^b   Mercier, Aurélien ^b   Vignoles, Philippe ^b   Dardé, Marie Laure ^a,b  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78650067492     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01152-10     Document Type: Article

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