Rapid Diagnosis of Leptospirosis by Multiplex PCR

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 9-16

  Ahmed, Siti Aminah ^a   Sandai, Doblin Anak ^a   Musa, Suzana ^b   Hock, Hoe Chee ^a   Riadzi, Mehdi ^c   Leong, Lau Kwok ^b   Hock, Tang Thean ^a  

^a ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Leptospirosis; LipL32; mPCR; Nucleic acid amplification test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIPL32; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIPL32 GENE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE;

EID: 84863829176     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: 21804303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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