Detection and species identification of microsporidial infections using SYBR Green real-time PCR

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-466

  Polley, Spencer D ^a   Boadi, Samuel ^a   Watson, Julie ^a   Curry, Alan ^b   Chiodini, Peter L ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENTEROCYTOZOON INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEISTOPHORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

DNA, FUNGAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENTEROCYTOZOON; HUMANS; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLEISTOPHORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79953017452     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.026781-0     Document Type: Article

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