Multiplex 5′ nuclease-quantitative PCR for diagnosis of relapsing fever in a large Tanzanian cohort

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3245-3249

  Reller, Megan E ^a   Clemens, Emily G ^a   Schachterle, Steve E ^b   Mtove, George A ^c   Sullivan, David J ^b   Dumler, J Stephen ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEASE; BACTERIAL DNA; NUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

BORRELIA; IXODIDA; PHTHIRAPTERA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BORRELIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RELAPSING FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052187672     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00940-11     Document Type: Article

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