An appraisal of PCR-based technology in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Sankar, Sathish ^a   Ramamurthy, Mageshbabu ^a   Nandagopal, Balaji ^a   Sridharan, Gopalan ^a  

^a Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65;

COMPUTER MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONIN 60; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79953780641     PISSN: 11771062     EISSN: 11792000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11586160-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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