A new real-time PCR assay for improved detection of the parasite Babesia microti

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 903-908

  Teal, Allen E ^a   Habura, Andrea ^a   Ennis, Jill ^a   Keithly, Janet S ^a   Madison Antenucci, Susan ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

18S RRNA GENE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD PARASITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITEMIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857379340     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05848-11     Document Type: Article

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