Evaluation of qPCR-Based assays for leprosy diagnosis directly in clinical specimens

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Martinez, Alejandra Nóbrega ^a   Ribeiro Alves, Marcelo ^a   Sarno, Euzenir Nunes ^a   Moraes, Milton Ozório ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AG 85B GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPROSY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODA GENE; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 80055087051     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001354     Document Type: Article

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