Accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for diagnosis of human leptospirosis in Thailand

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 614-620

  Sonthayanon, Piengchan ^a   Chierakul, Wirongrong ^a   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^a   Thaipadungpanit, Janjira ^a   Kalambaheti, Thareerat ^a   Boonsilp, Siriphan ^a   Amornchai, Premjit ^a   Smythe, Lee D ^b   Limmathurotsakul, Direk ^a   Day, Nicholas P ^a,c   Peacock, Sharon J ^a,d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA ALEXANDERI; LEPTOSPIRA ALSTONII; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA BROOMII; LEPTOSPIRA FAINEI; LEPTOSPIRA INADAI; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA NOGUCHII; LEPTOSPIRA SANTAROSAI; LEPTOSPIRA WEILII; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIPL 41 GENE; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE; RRS GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THAILAND; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958007507     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0473     Document Type: Article

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