Diagnostic accuracy of real-time PCR assays targeting 16S rRNA and lipl32 genes for human leptospirosis in Thailand: A case-control study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Thaipadunpanit, Janjira ^a,b   Chierakul, Wirongrong ^a   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^a   Limmathurotsakul, Direk ^a   Amornchai, Premjit ^a   Boonslip, Siriphan ^a   Smythe, Lee D ^c   Limpaiboon, Roongrueng ^d   Hoffmaster, Alex R ^e   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,f   Peacock, Sharon J ^a,g  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d Medical Department   (Thailand)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIPL32; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; LIPL32 PROTEIN, LEPTOSPIRA; LIPOPROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD;

LEPTOSPIRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIPOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551566283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016236     Document Type: Article

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