SodC-based real-time PCR for detection of neisseria meningitidis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Dolan Thomas, Jennifer ^a   Hatcher, Cynthia P ^a   Satterfield, Dara A ^a,g   Theodore, M Jordan ^a   Bach, Michelle C ^a,g   Linscott, Kristin B ^a,g   Zhao, Xin ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Mair, Raydel ^a   Schmink, Susanna ^a   Arnold, Kathryn E ^b,d   Stephens, David S ^c,d,e   Harrison, Lee H ^h   Hollick, Rosemary A ^h   Andrade, Ana Lucia ⁱ   Lamaro Cardoso, Juliana ⁱ   de Lemos, Ana Paula S ^j   Gritzfeld, Jenna ^k   Gordon, Stephen ^k   Soysal, Ahmet ^l   Bakir, Mustafa ^l   Sharma, Dolly ^c,f   Jain, Shabnam ^c,f   Satola, Sarah W ^c,d,e   Messonnier, Nancy E ^a   Mayer, Leonard W ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Georgia Division of Public Health   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Georgia Emerging Infections Program   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^g AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^j INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^k LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^l MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 79955874796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019361     Document Type: Article

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