A novel multiplex real-time pcr for the identification of mycobacteria associated with zoonotic tuberculosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Reddington, Kate ^a   O'Grady, Justin ^a,d   Dorai Raj, Siobhan ^a   Niemann, Stefan ^b   van Soolingen, Dick ^c   Barry, Thomas ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; LEPA GENE; LPQT GENE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTII; MYCOBACTERIUM CAPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79961242178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023481     Document Type: Article

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