Detection of Yersinia pestis using real-time PCR in patients with suspected bubonic plague

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-12

  Riehm, Julia M ^a   Rahalison, Lila ^b   Scholz, Holger C ^a   Thoma, Bryan ^a   Pfeffer, Martin ^c   Razanakoto, Léa Mamiharisoa ^b   Al Dahouk, Sascha ^d,e   Neubauer, Heinrich ^f   Tomaso, Herbert ^f  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^f FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bubonic plague; F1 antigen; Madagascar; Real time PCR; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; F1 ANTIGEN; NUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BUBONIC PLAGUE; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST; LYMPH NODE; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLAGUE; PLASMID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YERSINIA PESTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 79551470954     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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