Evaluation of strategies for confirming Neisseria gonorrhoeae nucleic acid amplification tests

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 909-912

  Alexander, Sarah ^a   da Silva, Filomeno Coelho ^a   Manuel, Rohini ^b   Varma, Rajesh ^b   Ison, Catherine ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAND DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATION; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENGLAND; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINE;

EID: 79959500560     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.028563-0     Document Type: Article

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