Development and clinical validation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for the rapid detection of Neisseria meningitidis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-144

  McKenna, James P ^a   Fairley, Derek J ^a   Shields, Michael D ^b   Cosby, Sara L ^b   Wyatt, Dorothy E ^a   McCaughey, Conall ^a   Coyle, Peter V ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Loop mediated isothermal amplification; Neisseria meningitidis; Rapid detection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTRA GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 78651468408     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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