Leptospirosis diagnosis by immunocapture polymerase chain reaction: A new tool for early diagnosis and epidemiologic surveillance

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-15

  Balassiano, Ilana Teruszkin ^a   Vital Brazil, Juliana Magalhães ^a   Pereira, Martha Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Immunocapture PCR; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCAPTURE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; STANDARDIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865307556     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.028     Document Type: Article

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