Comparison of two PCR systems for the rapid detection of Leptospira spp. from kidney tissue

Current Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1104-1106

  Mayer Scholl, Anne ^a   Draeger, Angelika ^a   Luge, Enno ^a   Ulrich, Rainer ^b   Nöckler, Karsten ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Leptospira; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA;

LEPTOSPIRA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79954426407     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-010-9829-5     Document Type: Article

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