Development of a diagnostic multiplex polymerase chain reaction microarray assay to detect and differentiate Brucella spp.

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-353

  Schmoock, Gernot ^a   Ehricht, Ralf ^b   Melzer, Falk ^a   Elschner, Mandy ^a   Tomaso, Herbert ^a   Neubauer, Heinrich ^a   Al Dahouk, Sascha ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brucella; Brucellosis; High throughput analysis; Molecular assay; Multiplex PCR microarray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BCSP31 GENE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA MICROTI; BRUCELLA NEOTOMAE; BRUCELLA SUIS; CGS GENE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYBRIDIZATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OMP2B GENE; PERA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 82555179103     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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