Development of a multiplex PCR assay for detection and genogrouping of Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-51

  Zhu, Hongfei ^a,b   Wang, Quan ^a,b   Wen, Liuqing ^a,b   Xu, Jianguo ^c   Shao, Zhujun ^c   Chen, Min ^d   Chen, Mingliang ^d   Reeves, Peter R ^e   Cao, Boyang ^a,f   Wang, Lei ^a,f,g  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics   (China)

^g Tianjin Research Center for Functional Genomics and Biochip   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAP29EH GENE; CAPSULAR GENE; CAPZC GENE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTRA GENE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GALE GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LCBB GENE; LIPA GENE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA FLAVESCENS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACD GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIAD GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYNG GENE; WNMA GENE; WNMB GENE; XCBA GENE;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 84555178992     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00918-11     Document Type: Article

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